A DEVIL’S BRIDGE man who assaulted a woman has escaped jail after magistrates heard the “offence was out of character”.

Aberystwyth magistrates heard on 8 March that Dale Jones, of 5 Creigiau Bach, Heol Elenydd, assaulted Rhiannon Gorman in an “unprovoked attack” which left her with injuries on 11 November last year.

Jones, 39, had previously pleaded guilty to the charge and was handed a 16 week prison sentence suspended for two years.

The court heard that the sentence was suspended because Jones had expresses remorse and “has no previous relevant convictions and this offence is out of character.”

As well as the suspended jail term, Jones was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, pay £500 in compensation and was also made the subject of a two year restraining order.