A MAN struck a woman in the face with an "alcohol container" when she wouldn't give him spare change or a cigarette, police have said.The Barnstaple woman, who is in her fifties, was assaulted at around 9.30pm yesterday in Churchill Way, Northam.Police spokesman Philippa Thompson said the woman was at the bus stop when a man approached her and asked for change and a cigarette.The spokesman said: "When she declined he got angry with her and started to throw his arm up towards her,...
