TWO men were fined yesterday for their part in a street brawl which left a 61-year-old man in need of hospital treatment.
Magistrates, sitting at Newton Aycliffe, heard that the fracas, in Trimdon Village, County Durham, last October, involved a number of youths and left villager Joe Cunningham with nasty facial injuries.
Kyle Henderson, 18, of Elwick View, Trimdon, admitted becoming involved in the fight after it initially broke out and that he punched Mr Cunningham.
The incident had then calmed down before moving further up the street and restarting, at which point George Byrne, 30, of Jasmine Crescent, Trimdon, got involved and admits he head-butted Mr Cunningham.
Both men were fined £100, ordered to pay compensation of £150 to the victim and to legal costs of £75.
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