The case was heard at Swansea Magistrates Court
THREE teenagers who broke into a Swansea college caused around £15,000-worth of damage, a court has heard.
The trio smashed windows, damaged doors and fire exits, and searched cupboards at Gower College Swansea's Gorseinon campus.
Liam Darnbrough and Rhys Shearan, both aged 18, and a youth who cannot be named for legal reasons, ran-off when they heard police arrive at the scene - but were chased across nearby fields by officers and caught.
Darnbrough, of Windsor Terrace, Gorseinon and Shearan, of Heol Emrys, Penlan, and the youth pleaded guilty to committing burglary with intent to steal on April 1 when they appeared at Swansea Magistrates Court today.
The court heard the intruders entered three separate buildings at the Belgrave Road campus, smashing windows, damaging internal doors, ripping the front panel off the college's alarm control system, and damaging fire doors in the library causing an "enormous" amount of damage to the interior and causing inconvenience for staff and students. The total value of the damage caused by the trio was put at around £15,000.
The court heard details of a probation report into Shearan which said that on the night in question the 18-year-old's partner and child and gone to bed and, as he "was feeling wide awake", he went out. While taking a short-cut across the college grounds with his co-defendants he saw a window open and "decided to climb in to have a look around".
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The report said the 18-year-old "expressed genuine remorse" for what he had done.
The probation report into Darnbrough said he had been walking in Gorseinon on the night in question when he got a message on social media asking him to meet up. In his report he said he had only entered the buildings to get his co-defendants from inside.
District judge Neil Thomas, sitting in the magistrates court, said the guilty pleas were a sign of the defendants' contrition.
He sentenced Shearan and Darnbrough each to a 12 month community order and 120 hours of unpaid work. Darnbrough will also have to complete a rehabilitation course.
They were each also ordered to pay £500 compensation to the college for the damage they caused.
The youth will be sentenced at Swansea Youth Court on Thursday.
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