04 January 2023 , 15:22
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A transgender man was ordered to pay £400 in compensation and fined £20 after he stuck his fake penis into another customer's pint glass while in a pub.
Jesse Hawthorne, who was born Jessica, was asked to leave the pub after dipping his prosthetic penis into a pub-goers pint glass.
The accused did not leave quietly, however and was requested to leave a bar in Wales after customers were offended at his drunken prank.
But the 30-year-old of Caerphilly, Wales was furious and threw a bottle at a one-armed bandit machine smashing it, a court has heard.
He became the first transgender person to be convicted of revenge porn in 2015 after sharing an explicit snap of an ex on Facebook and was also sent to prison for a violent assault in 2018.
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Jesse Hawthorne flew into a rage and smashed a bottle by throwing it at a one-armed bandit machine (WALES NEWS SERVICE)The Mirror then reported Hawthorne was given a 16 week suspended prison sentence and handed a restraining order.
And last year he faced criminal damage charges over a row at the Cwtch bar in south Wales.
Prosecutor Miquelle Groves told Newport Magistrates Court: "He entered the seating area and exposed a prosthetic penis.
'The defendant placed the false genitalia in somebody's drink.
The Cwtch bar where Hawthorne committed the offences (WALES NEWS SERVICE)"CCTV showed there was an element of distress caused to some customers and he was asked to leave the premises."
The court heard he became aggressive while holding a bottle which he threw at the bandit and smashed its screen.
Hawthorne, who was described as a handyman, admitted criminal damage and a public disorder offences in September 2022.
It was not the first time Hawthorne had found themselves in front of the courts, with a jail sentence for attacking an ex-girlfriend in 2018 leading to a stint behind bars.
He then blamed his actions on being given "too much testosterone" when he transitioned.
Hawthorne flew into a rage and smashed a bottle by throwing it at a one-armed bandit machine (WALES NEWS SERVICE)The Daily Star reported that regarding prosthetic penis prank, Ed Mitchard, defending, said: "This was a drunken prank which resulted in him being asked to leave the premises. Most people are laughing when it happened but there were some people who took offence."
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The defendant was ushered out of the bar by members of staff.
Mr Mitchard added that Hawthorne "misuses alcohol" as a way to deal with the "experienced trauma in his life."
The court heard Hawthorne 'misuses alcohol' as a way to deal with the 'experienced trauma in his life' (WALES NEWS SERVICE)Hawthorne was handed a £120 fine for criminal damage and £80 public order offence charge, as well as a £400 pay toward the pub's expenses and £85 prosecution costs, and an £80 victim surcharge.
Mr Mitchard said Hawthorne 'misuses alcohol' and has 'experienced trauma in his life'.
The court heard the defendant worked as a handyman but was now claiming benefits.
He was also subject to a 12 month community order for another offence.