Hotel card machine vandal is back before the Wigan courts

By Charles Graham
Published 12th Jun 2023, 15:45 BST
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A Wigan man who smashed a hotel's bank card reader has been further punished after breaching a conditional discharge.

Earlier this year Neil Masters, 38, of Leigh Street, caused £4,000 damage to a Proximity swipe payment device at a Premier Inn in Ormskirk on November 22 last year.

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He was given a 12-month discharge and ordered to pay £360 in compensation.

Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' CourtWigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court
Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court

But now he has been back in court to admit committing a further offence while subject to the discharge and so was ordered to complete a 19-day Thinking Skills course and 25 days of rehabilitation activities.