A CHEF who admitted assaulting a female bar-tender in a Borders pub has been fined £120.

Munyaradzi Jeche, 40, pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to the offence which happened at the Neidpath Inn in Peebles after he was asked to leave the premises.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening or abusive behaviour involving neighbours near his home in Cuddyside, Peebles, and was admonished.