A man has been barred from entering a town centre for 12 months after admitting causing a trail of destruction costing thousands of pounds.

David Beecroft, who has mental health problems, has been excluded from the centre of Shipley for a year, and tagged and barred from being out between 8pm and 8am.

He appeared before Bingley magistrates from custody, having been held from last week for reports to be compiled.

The Bench heard that when “drunk, angry and frustrated” the 46-year-old embarked on a window smashing spree in the early hours of June 16.

He targeted Specsavers, the Card Factory, the Nafa Cafe and Clintons, causing damage estimated at £1,800.

Beecroft, who lives in a residential unit in Park Drive, Heaton, Bradford, also admitted attacking windows at Specsavers in April, causing £229 damage, and causing several hundred pounds’ damage at the Card Factory in January, while subject to a 12-month conditional discharge.

The attacks in June happened when he was on bail accused of the offences at Specsavers in April, said prosecutor Marina Hunter-Gray.

When police found him in the early hours, he was lying on a bench in Shipley town centre.

He said he was suicidal after drinking cider and strong lager at Wetherspoons in Bingley, and four pints in Shipley.

He was handcuffed by the officers and walked around the town pointing out the shops he had attacked, she said.

The court was presented with letters from Shipley Business Watch and Specsavers, outlining the impact his one-man spree was having on the town.

Glen Chivers, for Beecroft, said prison was not an appropriate place for him because of his mental state and that he was “picked on”.

“He commits the offences following physical confrontation when he has been drinking and then takes it out on the shop windows – always the same one,” said Mr Chivers.

He said that staff at the unit where he was living were attempting to find him semi-secure accommodation in Wakefield.

After the hearing, Yvonne Crossley, Shipley town centre manager, who was in court to hear Beecroft sentenced, said: “The man needs help and they are doing what they can to assist him.”