CLOSE to £1,000 compensation will be paid by a man who damaged the wing mirrors of six cars in Barry.

On Thursday, October 23 Leigh Ballantyne damaged the wing mirrors of a Fiat Punto, a Vauxhall Vectra, a Ford Fiesta, a Ford Mondeo, another Ford Fiesta and a Ford Focus belonging to six different people.

Ballantyne, 32, pleaded guilty to all charges at Cardiff and Vale Magistrates Court.

He was placed under a 7pm to 6am curfew for 120 days and ordered to pay a total of £930 compensation, £85 costs and a £60 surcharge.