Maurice Rowell, 21, Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, admitted affray and was fined £100 by the town's magistrates yesterday.
A charge of criminal damage to a police vehicle was adjourned to September 14 and may be dropped if he pays £52.88 compensation.
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