Prison for man who damaged Kettering shopping centre glass door with chisel

A man who damaged a glass door at Kettering’s Newlands Shopping Centre with a chisel has been locked up.

Joshua McLaughlan was arrested after an incident which took place in Newland Street at about 6.45am on August 6.

The 19-year-old approached a glass door at the shopping centre and hit it multiple times with a 6in bladed chisel, police said.

He was charged with criminal damage and possessing a bladed article in a public place and pleaded guilty to both offences.

At Northampton Crown Court last week McLaughlan, of HMP Peterborough, was jailed for nine months.

He was also ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £187.