A MAN was handed a condition discharge after he admitted assaulting three police officers.

Londiwe Shabalala, 20, of Furtherwick Road, Canvey, assaulted the officers on Canvey on July 21.

He also admitted being drunk and disorderly outside the Waterside Leisure Centre in Somnes Avenue.

Southend Magistrates’ Court ordered him to pay £50 compensation to one of the officers, £50 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.