A MAN locked out of the pub in which he had been drinking smashed the glass door, causing £200 of damage, a court heard this week.

Michael Conners, aged 20, of Sycamore Grove, Swindon, appeared before Wiltshire Magistrates sitting in Swindon on Wednesday and pleaded guity to a charge of criminal damage.

Pauline Lambert, prosecuting, told the court that on November 22 this year Conners was one of a group of lads drinking at Abbey Meads public house in Swindon.

When the group went out to the smoking area a scuffle broke out and the bar manager locked the door back into the pub. Conners then went berserk Miss Lambert said, adding: “He hit the glass several times, causing it to shatter.”

Defending, Mark Glendenning said Conners was a young lad of previous good character who made a stupid mistake in drink.

Bench chairman Debbie Slater told Conners his actions that day were: “an expensive afternoon’s madness.”

Conners was ordered to pay £200 compensation for the damaged glass and £85 court costs.