Man with 119 previous convictions punched window at hostel, Ballymena court hears
A man with 119 previous convictions punched and broke a window at a Simon Community hostel, Ballymena Magistrates Court was told.
James Jonathan Briers (27), of no fixed abode, committed criminal damage on March 27 this year.
He appeared at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday (April 30) via video link from prison.
The window cost £250 to repair. The defendant told the court: "I messed up hugely."
He was jailed for four months.