Wigan man ordered to pay compensation for smashing a hotel's bank card reader
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A Wigan man who smashed a hotel's bank card reader has been given a conditional discharge.
Borough magistrates heard that Neil Masters, 37, of Lee Street in Wigan, caused £4,000 damage to the Proximity swipe payment device at a Premier Inn in Ormskirk on November 22 last year.
As well as the 12-month discharge, his punishment also includes paying £360 in compensation ot Premier Inns.