An 18-year-old from Trawsfynydd has been jailed for six weeks for the serious assault of a man in Porthmadog.

Laurence Cadwaladr-Houghton, of 3 Hafod, Gwyndy, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on 12 February.

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty at the hearing to assaulting Michael Greatrix in Porthmadog on 23 July last year.

Magistrates said the offence was “so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified”, due to the “nature and seriousness” of the assault.

Magistrates jailed Cadwaladr-Houghton for six weeks.

Cadwaladr-Houghton was also ordered to pay £200 in compensation to the victim.

No order was made for costs.