A 17-YEAR-OLD girl who assaulted six people including a police officer has appeared in court.

The girl, from Blandford, was handed a youth rehabilitation order and told to pay £50 compensation when she appeared before Poole magistrates.

The teenager admitted assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty in Southampton on February 5.

She also pleaded guilty to assaulting a male by beating him in Southampton on December 12 last year and damaging a window at Sportfit in the city two days later.

The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted assaulting a two males in Southampton on January 16 this year, a female in Poole on March 28 and a female at Hurn on June 11.

She also pleaded guilty to sending a grossly offensive message that was obscene or menacing in character on January 16.