Ice cream salesman punches boy after he helped himself to free Mr Whippy

Donaldson subsequently turned himself in at the police station and, in interview, said he had not intended to hit the boy, but scare him away.

He pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to assault on a minor, and was sentenced to 120 hours community service on Monday.

This is horribly written. Was he a recidivist?

Should have went with the backhand, I guess.