A 32-year-old man who assaulted a teenager selling the Big Issue after she challenged him for shoplifting has been jailed for 44 weeks.

Ashley Stephen Payne, of Fishponds, was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Monday 15 November after admitting 23 offences, including assault on the 19-year-old woman, a separate assault on a 41-year-old shop worker, and 16 counts of theft.

All the offences were committed between 30 August and 14 November this year in the Fishponds and Staple Hill areas.

Footage below shows the assault on the 19-year-old, who has consented for the video clip to be released.