Robin Hood star Jonas Armstrong gets community service for punching hotel worker

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Armstrong, 34, admitted lashing out at man in 60s in hotel this August
Was staying at Mount Royale hotel in York while filming period drama
Confessed to assault by beating at magistrates' court hearing last month
Was slapped with community service penalty at has to pay £365

By Kieran Corcoran for MailOnline

Published: 07:01 EST, 30 October 2015 | Updated: 07:09 EST, 30 October 2015

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In court: Jonas Armstrong, pictured at a previous court case, admitted attacking a man in his 60s

Robin Hood actor Jonas Armstrong was given 80 hours of community service for punching an elderly hotel worker, it has emerged.

Armstrong, 34, admitted beating up an unnamed man in his 60s in a drunken hotel brawl at 3am while filming on location.

The actor, who has previous convictions for drink-driving and being drunk and disorderly, lashed out at a member of staff at the Mount Royale Hotel in York.

He was in the city to film Dark Angel, a Victorian period drama due to be broadcast on ITV next year.

Police were called to the scene of the brawl which, according to The Sun, also saw Armstrong fall on top of his victim in a confrontation on a hotel staircase.

Paramedics treated his victim, while Armstrong was arrested by police and spent a night in jail.

Jonas admitted one count of assault by beating at a York Magistrates Court hearing held on September 25.

He was handed 80 hours' unpaid community service, a 12-month community order and a total of £365 in fines and court costs.

£50 of the total was given to his unnamed victim as compensation.

A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: 'Officers were called to an altercation at the Mount Royale Hotel at 3.15am on August 26.

'A 34-year-old man from Lytham St Annes was arrested after assaulting a member of staff in the vicinity of the stairs. He punched them and both lost their balance and fell.'

Armstrong played the title character in the BBC's Robin Hood series from 2006 to 2009.

Heroic? Armstrong played the title role in the BBC's Robin Hood from 2006 to 2009

Scene: Armstrong was staying in the Mount Royale hotel in York when the attack took place in August

He has a history of drunken crime. Earlier this year he was slapped with a driving ban after refusing to give a breath sample to police who stopped him at the wheel.

CCTV footage showed him claiming he had not been drinking and blaming his slurred speech on cough syrup.

He was also hit with a 16-month driving ban in 2012 after a breath sample showed he was three-and-a-half times over the drink-driving limit.

In 2010, Armstrong was arrested in Blackpool after trying to punch a taxi driver and swearing at police officers. He was later convicted of drunken and disorderly behaviour.