A SOLDIER absent without leave smashed a bank window when he found it shut.
Robert Jones, 19, of Fir Street, Nelson, thumped the glass in the door of Burnley's Lloyds Bank in temper when he arrived minutes after it closed, Burnley Magistrates heard.
Jones, of previous good character, but absent without leave from his unit in Bulford, Wiltshire, must pay £100 compensation and £40 costs. He admitted damage.
Joe Riley, prosecuting, said four youths were seen on the town centre's CCTV cameras after a witness reported the break to police.
Jones immediately owned up, apologised and offered to pay for the damage.
Peter Lawson, defending, said Jones had been in the army since he was 16 and had two years to serve.
He thumped the glass in the door in frustration after the bank had closed but had no intention of breaking it. Jones was returned to the army immediately.
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