JOHN Tyler was deemed too poor to pay prosecution costs or a victim surcharge.
But magistrates said he must pay £40 compensation to the man he assaulted in Winchester on March 22, Surinder Singh.
Tyler, 42, of St Martins Close, Winnall, admitted the assault.
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