Lisburn man ordered to carry out community service over Banbridge window damage

JORDAN Tomlinson has been ordered to complete 50 hours of community service and pay £260 compensation after admitting damaging a living room window in Banbridge.

Tomlinson, 26, of Railway Street, Lisburn, appeared before District Judge Natasha Fitzsimons at Banbridge Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Newry Courthouse, on November 5.

The court heard that police were contacted on January 11, 2026, after a Banbridge resident returned home to find a living room window smashed, with blood around the damaged area.

DNA recovered from the blood matched Tomlinson. He made no comment during a police interview.

The court heard that the resident had received an invoice for £260 to cover the damage.

Defence counsel said there had been an argument after drinking and that Tomlinson had broken the window. The court was told he had since remained abstinent from alcohol for eight months, distanced himself from social circles associated with drinking and taken up more positive activities.

Judge Fitzsimons said the guilty plea had been entered at the earliest opportunity and would attract a reduction in sentence. She described the offending as out of character, noting that Tomlinson had no previous record of this nature and that the likelihood of reoffending was low.

He was ordered to complete 50 hours of community service and pay £260 compensation to the resident, with 20 weeks allowed for payment.