Man to pay £5 a week
North Antrim Magistrates Court in Coleraine was told on Friday that 36-year-old Stephen McMullan of Mayo Drive had already paid back around 800 but still owes 494.
A defence lawyer said his client was paying back the money but then broke his ankle which caused a difficulty.
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Hide AdDistrict Judge Richard Wilson said McMullan had made reasonable efforts to pay the back the money and agreed to him paying back a fiver a week.
But Mr Wilson said McMullan had to understand what happens if he defaults on payments.
Mr Wilson said in such cases people should get ahead by 5 or 10 on payments “so that if something disastrous happens they are not lifted.”