Man who caused more than £18,000 damage to Worthing council building jailed

Eleven windows and a glass door were smashed

Author: Vanessa BellringerPublished 23rd Feb 2023

A man who used a dog chain and bricks to smash a council-owned building in Worthing has been jailed for 14 months.

Gavin Collett caused more than £18-thousand pounds of damage to Portland House in Richmond Road in two separate incidents last February.

In total he smashed 11 windows and a glass door.

The 39-year-old, of no fixed address, had been housed in temporary accommodation at the time and pleaded guilty to the offences.

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