A MAN arrested after being caught breaching a domestic violence protection order in Falmouth went on to damage the rear cage of a police van and a floor.

Philip Mark Richards, 39, of No Fixed Abode, breached the order after being found in the company of a woman he was banned from seeing in Falmouth on December 23, just days after Bodmin Magistrates had passed the order on December 15 forbidding him from seeing her. He was fined £120. His guilty plea taken into account when imposing sentence.

On the same day he damaged a floor surface to the value of £80 belonging to Devon and Cornwall Police intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged. He pleaded guilty and was fined £120 and ordered to pay compensation of £80, a surcharge to fund victim services of £34 and crown prosecution costs of £85.

He also pleaded guilty to damaging the rear cage of police van requiring special clean to the value of £75 belonging to Devon and Cornwall Police intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged.

For this offence he was ordered to pay compensation of £75 making it a total of £514.