A MAN who hit a bailiff with a cricket bat, then challenged his sentence for it, has been given a suspended jail term.
Richard Burton, 35, attacked the bailiff David Knight when he went to his house in Phipps Road, Oxford, on March 5 last year.
He was convicted of assault by beating at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on October 14 and was given a 12-month conditional discharge.
He was also told to pay £100 compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £200 costs.
But Burton appealed against his sentence at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday.
The court heard Mr Knight told Burton he w