A MAN who assaulted two police officers in Newton Abbot will be sentenced in August.

Steven David Simmons (aka Greenwood) who also has the alias of Steven Dooley, aged 45, of Holdsworth Avenue, Warminster, appeared before South and West Devon Magistrates’ Court.

Simmons changed his plea to guilty on charges of assaulting by beating emergency workers, PC Finch and PC Parker, in Tudor Road, Newton Abbot on February 3 of this year.

He was remanded on unconditional bail to appear before the court for sentencing on August 3.