A 30-year-old man has been fined after he damaged the front door of a property belonging to his ex-girlfriend’s new partner.
Dwayne Bratton of Main Street in Lack was charged with two counts of criminal damage when the case was heard at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday.
The court was told that at 5am on December 14th last, police had received a 999 call to attend an address at Erne Park in Kesh after reports that a man was shouting outside a house and breaking windows.
When police attended the scene, they found that the front door window pane and doorframe of a house belonging to Keith Guy had been damaged.
Police were also told that Bratton had shouted through the letterbox of the house: “I’ll kill you when I get you”.
Bratton was located soon afterwards by police in a vehicle and later charged with criminal damage.
Defence solicitor Niall Bogue explained that the injured party in the case Mr Guy was the new partner of Bratton’s ex-partner.
Mr Bogue added that his client had consumed alcohol before making “a bad decision” to visit Mr Guy’s home.
“It was a very poor action and reflects badly on his part,” said Mr Bogue.
Deputy District Judge Neil Rafferty described Bratton’s actions as being “effectively domestic violence”.
The judge imposed a £300 fine on Brattonand an £85 compensation order.
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