A teenager was beaten up by two Oswestry men following false social media rumours about an attempted child abduction, a court has heard.

The 18-year-old victim suffered a dislocated shoulder, bruised eye, and a chipped tooth in the attack.

He had been punched and kicked in a car park in Gobowen and part of the assault was captured by CCTV cameras.

It emerged that Jacob Thomas was entirely innocent but had frightened a number of children in the St Martins area by accidentally over-revving his car engine.

The two attackers, Francis Williams, 37, and Adam Shaw, 33, appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Tuesday for sentence.

Judge Anthony Lowe said that whatever they had believed at the time they should not have resorted to violence. He said he was aware that both men now accepted that their victim had been entirely innocent.

Williams was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay £1,075 compensation to Mr Thomas and £340 in costs.

Shaw was given a community order and must carry out 150 hours unpaid work and must pay £875 in compensation and £535 in court costs.

Both men were also ordered not to contact Mr Thomas or his mother or any of her other children.

Williams, of Ellesmere Road, St Martins, and Shaw, of Greenfield Street, St Martins, had admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.

Jonathan Veasey-Pugh, prosecuting, said the incident happened on July 15 last year in St Martins when a group of children ran away when the victim accidentally over-revved his car.

Williams was told about the incident by one of the children and drove off to nearby Gobowen looking for the teenage driver.

Mr Veasey-Pugh said there were social media rumours which included a Facebook message that an attempt had been made to abduct two girls and a boy.

He said Williams, fuelled by anger, drove to find the driver of the car and challenged him and punched and kicked him.

The court heard CCTV footage showed Williams driving into a car park in Gobowen and punching Mr Thomas and when Shaw arrived he had pushed the teenager to the ground and Williams had kicked him.

Stephen Scully, for Williams, said his client worked in Somalia and when not working volunteered helping schoolchildren with English lessons and building an electric system for a local school.

Debra White, for Shaw, said her client had no previous convictions and was a hard-working, family man.