A MAN has been ordered to pay compensation after causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage to a car.

James Anderton (33), of Brierley Gardens, Otterburn pleaded guilty at South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to causing £625 of damage to a car window.

Magistrates ordered Anderton to pay the car owner £625 in compensation.

He was also fined £270 and ordered to pay court costs of £150 and a victim surcharge of £30.