A YOUNG couple who assaulted a handful of workers in front of terrified shoppers at a Petersfield store have been sentenced.

Workers struggled to restrain Yazmin Hickman and Daniel Mackel after the pair "went beserk" in Tesco Causeway on November 3 last year.

The couple, then aged 20 and 17, punched and kicked workers after Mackel became aggressive and threw a bottle of baby food on the floor.

A jury convicted Hickman, previously of The Causeway, of two counts of assault by beating following a trial at Aldershot Magistrates' Court in April.

She also admitted to a further count of assault while Mackel, of Dunsbury Way, Havant, was found guilty of assault by beating, using threatening language and causing criminal damage by a jury at the same trial.

The pair's "appalling behaviour" came under the spotlight on Monday as they were sentenced at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court.

For full story, see this week's Petersfield Herald.