A VANDAL was given a restraining order and told to pay compensation after he admitted smashing a window worth £300.
Marley Hodges, aged 23, of no fixed address, entered a guilty plea to one count of criminal damage to property under £5,000 before magistrates in relation to an incident in October 12. He was handed a community order and told to pay compensation of £300 and other court costs.
Prosecuting solicitor Camila Toscano said that Hodges damaged a basement-level window to the value of approximately £300, intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged.
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The community order will last for 12 months and include 60 hours of unpaid work.
Hodges was also told not to contact the owner of the windows or visit her address in Hereford.
Hodges was not ordered to pay a victim surcharge or prosecution costs to allow compensation to take priority.
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