A Cirencester man has pleaded guilty to assaulting five police officers.

Shane Wopling, of Vyners Close, assaulted the five officers by beating in Cricklade on August 16. 

The 27-year-old was also found in possession of loose Stanley knife blades at Parsonage Farm Close and admitted using violence to secure entry to premises there on May 26. 

At Swindon Magistrates Court on August 18 he was remanded on conditional bail to allow a pre-sentence report to be prepared ahead of sentencing on September 15. 

Wopling appeared in court the following day where he admitted a breach of bail conditions.