A Blaenau Ffestiniog man has been fined by magistrates after admitting criminal damage.

Daniel Atkinson, of 24 Penygwndwn, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on 31 July.

The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to damaging a door handle at an address in Porthmadog on 14 January this year.

Magistrates fined Atkinson £246 and ordered him to pay compensation of £145.

He must also pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 as well as a surcharge to fund victim services of £98.

Atkinson was also given a restraining order.