A MUSSELBURGH man who assaulted his former partner has been ordered to pay a fine.
Joe Armstrong assaulted the woman by pinning her to a bed during a domestic incident at an address at Salters Road in Wallyford.
Armstrong, 24, committed the offence between March 1 and April 30, 2016.
Armstrong, of Cottage Lane, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last week where he pleaded guilty to the attack.
Sheriff Kenneth Campbell fined him £225.
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