A man has been sentenced to community service and probation after breaking a window at his ex-girlfriend’s home.

Adam Lee Hine admitted provoking behaviour and property damage.

The 22-year-old was sentenced to 80 hours’ community service and a 12-month probation order.

Deputy High Bailiff Chris Arrowsmith also ordered him to pay £350 compensation for the broken window.

Prosecuting advocate Hazel Carroon told the court that Hine went to his former partner’s home at Clarence Terrace in Douglas on November 2 at 5am.

He was at the rear of the property and said to be banging on a window.

The woman woke up and told him to leave the property during an argument.

A man who was also inside was then said to have also argued with Hine.

The woman closed the window but Hine then picked up a hose reel and threw it, smashing the window.

Hine, who lives in Derby Road, Douglas, was later arrested and when interviewed told police he had drunk three quarters of a bottle of whisky and left his flat at 2am.

He said he had been locked out so had gone to the woman’s address to confront her about an allegation.

He claimed he had knocked on the window rather than banging on it and admitted that he became angry because he didn’t like the way he was being spoken to.

The court heard that he has a conviction for common assault on a female in 2019, involving a different woman.

A probation report said that Hine had admitted it was a ’really bad idea’ to go to the woman’s address.

He said that it had been an impulsive act to break the window and one which he regretted.

Hine told probation that he sometimes drank cider four times a week but he was not alcohol dependent.

The report said that Hine suffered from anxiety and depression and had recently completed a 12-month probation order in relation to the previous assault.

The probation report concluded that further support was needed.

Mr Arrowsmith said that the offence was a repetition of aggression directed towards women after drinking.

The Deputy High Bailiff said: ’It was a spectacularly bad idea to confront a former partner in her home whilst drunk.’

Hine was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs which he will pay, along with the compensation, at a rate of £10 per week, deducted from benefits.