A 36-YEAR-OLD woman smashed five windows and the front door of a council property, a court heard.

Chrysan Gardner, of Wharfdale Way, Bridgend, Stonehouse pleaded guilty to causing £1,839 of damage to the property, which belongs to Stroud District Council, on March 27.

He appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Gardner was ordered to pay £1,000 compensation and given a two-year conditional discharge.