Man punched manager after getting sacked

After he was sacked from a fast food restaurant in Lurgan a 30-year-old man punched the manager and then went outside and kicked his car.

Cesar Soares, Monbrief Walk, Craigavon, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and unlawful damage to a vehicle on March 31 when he appeared last Friday at the local court.

He was given 180 hours community service and ordered to pay £200 compensation towards the damage he caused to the car.

The court heard that police received a report of an assault at a fast food restaurant in William Street.

There had been a verbal altercation and the manager told Soares he was terminating his employment.

The defendant began shouting and swearing and then punched him. Soares left the premises, went to the car park and kicked the manager’s car causing damage amounting to £885.55.

The case had been adjourned from a previous court so that a pre-sentence report could be obtained.