AN ATTACKER has appeared in court after causing damage at a Herefordshire vape shop and assaulting a man.
Phillip Eckley went into CCR Vapes in Ross-on-Wye and destroyed a computer system, a monitor, a barcode scanner, a printer and various other items and supplies to the value of £729.94. He also assaulted another man, occasioning him actual bodily harm.
Eckley, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000 when he appeared before Hereford magistrates on August 14.
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He was remanded on unconditional bail to appear in court again on September 10 for sentencing.
A pre-sentence report was ordered to be prepared ahead of the hearing.
The Ross-on-Wye branch of CCR Vapes is in Croft Court and sells both disposable and refillable electronic cigarettes. The company also has more shops around the county in Hereford, Leominster, Ledbury, as well as the Welsh seaside town of Aberystwyth.
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