An infamous vandal broke his curfew when prankster friends cut off his electronic tag after he drunk himself unconscious at a party.

Richard Hilden, who caused thousands of pounds of damage in a drunken rampage through Faversham in February, said pals hid the device after he passed out, drew on him and then refused to tell him where the tag was.

Maidstone Magistrates Court was told of his excuse when the 24-year-old returned to the dock on Friday.

Probation officer David Mowbray said: “The first time Mr Hilden breached his curfew, he told officers that he just had a bad day so had removed the tag.

“In October, the tag had been removed again and Mr Hilden said that he had been to a party and got drunk, passed out and his mates cut the tag off and wouldn’t tell him where it is.”

Hilden’s defence solicitor Mark Reeves later added that Hilden was “being drawn on” at the party, after he fell unconscious.

In September, Hilden was sentenced for 12 charges of criminal damage, after he and his cousin Ryan damaged dozens of shopfronts, windows and car mirrors in an alcohol-fuelled spree.

On Friday, Hilden, of Arden Road, was back in court after he smashed a cake dome in the Leading Light Wetherspoon. Pieces of glass had flown into a barman’s eye.

He pleaded guilty to criminal damage and common assault as well as breaching his curfew.

Prosecutor Gareth Nicholls said: “On August 13, Richard Hilden went into the Leading Light.

“He was already barred from the pub and they turned him down when he asked for a drink. He reacted angrily and said ‘I’ll give you something to bar me for’.

“He picked up a glass cake dome and threw it at a wall. The cake dome broke and some of the glass went into a barman’s eye.

Defending Hilden, Mark Reeves said he had no excuses for what his client had done and linked his behaviour to “excessive” alcohol consumption.

Chairman of the bench Alan Knight sentenced Hilden to 40 rehabilitation activity requirement days and extended his Saturday night curfew, imposed in September, to seven days a week from 7pm to 5am until Tuesday February 21.

Hilden will have to pay compensation of £100 to the pub in Preston Street and £50 to the victim.

Mr Knight added: “Have no doubt about it, we were thinking about this for a long period of time.

“With your rehabilitation activity requirement days, make no mistake that if you do not turn up to this you can expect to go to prison.”

In September, Hilden was sentenced to 56 days’ jail, suspended for a year, and told to complete 250 hours of community work. He and his cousin must also pay back £9,000 in compensation.

The latest incident happened before this, which means it did not trigger the suspended sentenced.