A WINCHESTER man is in custody awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to several offences.

George Henry Britten, 23, of Holly Meadows, Weeke, admitted attacking David Flavin, a custody detention officer, in Basingstoke on December 23 2019.

Britten also failed to attend Basingstoke Magistrates Court on January 22 and was fined £35.

He also admitted criminal damage to a police van by spitting in the rear cage on December 23 2019 and threatening behaviour on April 25 and another charge of criminal damage to a police van on April 26.

Britten will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on May 28. He was remanded in custody.