A 32-year-old man who assaulted a teenager selling the Big Issue after she challenged him for shoplifting has been jailed for 44 weeks.<br /><br />Ashley Stephen Payne, of Fishponds, was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Monday 15 November after admitting 23 offences, including assault on the 19-year-old woman, a separate assault on a 41-year-old shop worker, and 16 counts of theft.<br /><br />All the offences were committed between 30 August and 14 November this year in the Fishponds and Staple Hill areas.<br /><br />Footage below shows the assault on the 19-year-old, who has consented for the video clip to be released.
