A judge has ordered a shop assistant to pay personal injury compensation out of his wages to a man he attacked at a railway station.

Joshua Preece, 19, admitted charges of actual bodily harm over the incident in which he punched and stamped on Matthew Hale in an argument over a girl, reports the South Wales Echo.

At Cardiff Crown Court, Judge Stephen Hopkins took account of Preece’s previous good character to allow him to escape being sent to a young offenders’ institution.

Instead he was ordered to pay personal injury compensation of £250 at a rate of £10 per week.

Preece, of Bridgend, will also have to carry out 120 hours of community service as part of his punishment.

The incident occurred in February this year at Pencoed Railway Station.

Earlier this year, John Guest of Poole was awarded £1,000 in personal injury compensation after he was attacked by Christopher Watts in his own home.