A MAN took a train from his home in Liverpool to North Wales in order to put a brick through his ex-girlfriend's window, a court heard.

Owen Reay, of Elleray Drive, appeared at Mold Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The 20-year-old admitted that he damaged a window at a property in Saltney Ferry on May 26.

Rhian Jackson, prosecuting, told the court that the property was the home of his ex-girlfriend's mother, where she also lived.

They had ended their two-year relationship in December last year, but remained in contact.

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The messages between them continued, even after Reay began a new relationship and asked his ex not to tell her.

But she messaged Reay's new partner on social media, and received a call from him an hour later asking: "Why have you told her? I'll come and smash your windows."

Later that day, she heard a smash and went into her living room to find a brick on the sofa.

It had come through the front window, which was smashed, and she could see Reay walking away outside.

When Reay was interviewed by police he admitted throwing the brick, telling officers she'd been "doing his head in" and he hoped she'd leave him alone.

Gary Harvey, defending, conceded that his client's course of conduct hadn't been "the most mature thing to do."

"He doesn't accept part of the facts," he explained.

"He said the relationship ended and he was trying to get rid of her but she wouldn't take the hint - so much so that he travelled on the train and smashed the window."

He cooperated with the police however, and had a limited criminal record Mr Harvey added.

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District Judge Gwyn Jones told the defendant: "Coming from Liverpool to Saltney Ferry with a view to damaging your former girlfriend's property in the hope it'd stop her contacting you, in my view, makes no sense.

"You don't think things through, have difficulty regulating your emotions and get things totally out of proportion."

The defendant was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs, as well as £150 compensation to Flintshire Council for the damaged window.

A restraining order was made to prevent him contacting or approaching his ex-partner or entering Saltney Ferry for the next three years.