A MAN who was drunk and disorderly and damaged plant pots at the Tesco superstore in Winchester has been fined.

James Ryan Steele, 27, of Granville Place, Wharf Hill, admitted damaging the pots, valued at £16, on March 8. He also admitted at Basingstoke Magistrates Court being drunk and disorderly on Easton Lane, Winnall on the same day and failing to surrender at court on March 27.

Magistrates ordered Steele pay £16 compensation and a £40 fine, to be deducted from his benefits.