A man who floored a pub landlord with a headbutt has been barred from every pub in the county of Conwy for five years.

And on Friday, the assault also left carpenter Joel Sterling with a bill for £675 when he appeared at Llandudno magistrates’ court.

Chairman Sandra Ogden-Jones told the 24-year-old that although the offence had crossed the threshold for a custodial sentence  and there were several aggravating features he would receive a high-level  community order.

He must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and pay Lee Murphy, landlord of the George and Dragon in Abergele £500 in compensation, in addition to court costs of £85 and a £90 surcharge.

Prosecutor Diane Williams said that on August 31 last year Sterling, of Marine Crescent, Deganwy, entered the pub at about 9pm and was “loud and swearing”.

Other customers were made to feel uncomfortable by his behaviour and so Mr Murphy asked him to  control his language.

The next thing the landlord remembered was being knocked to the ground with severe pain in his shoulder. He went to hospital and was found to have dislocated it.

He described the pain on a scale of 1 to 10 as “10”.

As a result he had had to return to hospital five times and received physiotherapy.

CCTV footage shown in court showed Sterling removing his glasses before headbutting Mr Murphy and punching him more than once.

Ms Williams said that , who admitted causing actual bodily harm, had since written  him a letter of apology but he had not accepted it.

Andy Hutchinson, defending, said it was totally out of character and the defendant, who could remember nothing about the incident, had clearly drunk too much that evening.

“I am certain this will be the last time you will see this young man before the court,” he said. “ He is a model citizen with the exception of this blip.”

He said that Sterling had been banned from every pub in Conwy for five years under the Pubwatch scheme, but the magistrates also banned him from entering the George and Dragon for 18 months.

The chairman told him: “This was a very serious assault with a number of  aggravating features. Mr Murphy was a person providing a public service, there was an element of premeditation i n that you removed your glasses and you used your head as a weapon."