A 42-YEAR-OLD man who seriously injured his landlady in a "sustained attack" at Guiting Power has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Tim Hill, now of Orchard Rise, Westgate, Fivehead, Somerset admitted assaulting Tania Marley occasioning her actual bodily harm on December 29, when he appeared before Cheltenham magistrates on January 16.

He was given a 16-week jail sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to pay £250 compensation.

Hill was also ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs.