Liang Wenbo given community order after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman in Sheffield
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Published 01/04/2022 at 18:40 GMT
World No. 33 Liang Wenbo has been fined and given a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman. Jonathan Wettreich, deputy chief crown prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "Wenbo perpetrated a sustained and deliberate assault on the female victim, late at night, leaving her in great distress."
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Liang Wenbo has been given a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman in Sheffield.
The world No. 33 was seen on CCTV hitting and kicking a woman on July 20, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Liang pleaded guilty to the domestic-related assault by beating on February 9 at Sheffield Magistrates' Court - and as well as the community order he was fined £1,380.
Jonathan Wettreich, deputy chief crown prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "Wenbo perpetrated a sustained and deliberate assault on the female victim, late at night, leaving her in great distress.
"We will always pursue domestic abuse cases where our legal tests are met; this type of behaviour will not be tolerated, and the CPS treats such cases with the utmost seriousness.
"He has pleaded guilty and been fined £1,380 and given a community order.
WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson said: “We were extremely disappointed to learn of this today, and it is obviously a very serious charge to which Liang Wenbo has pleaded guilty.
“It only came to our attention today; we have seen the sentence of the court.
“We need to now consider whether he has in addition fallen foul of our disciplinary process in the area of disrepute.”
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