A MAN who was frustrated because he was drunk took his anger out on a rented property, causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage.
John Heslop Westwick (32) of Castle Road, Prudhoe, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court this afternoon to causing criminal damage at a property rented by a woman in the town on December 11.
The court heard Westwick damaged three internal doors belonging to housing association Karbon Homes when ‘intoxicated and frustrated’.
Judge Paul Currer said: “In relation to this case, you behaved very badly in the way you attended the house while drunk and acting out of frustration. I accept you pleaded guilty to these charges at the earliest opportunity.”
Westwick was sentenced to pay a total of £300 in compensation to Karbon, £85 prosecution costs, and a £34 victim surcharge.
Westwick was also handed a restraining order against the female complainant.
The order prevents him from contacting the complainant directly or indirectly including through digital media and will remain in place for two years.
A separate charge of assault by beating against the same victim was dismissed.
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