Drinker in pub rampage
The previous hearing was told that Trayte had been playing on one of the machines and asked staff for use of a charger and then a mobile phone but they declined his requests for both.
Sharon Thompson, prosecuting, said: “He became aggressive, snapped several beer taps and threw a bar stool, causing 35 glasses to be knocked to the floor and smash.
“He turned the taps on, causing the beer to flow onto the floor and further damage.”
Trayte, of Elder Grove in Netherton, caused £850 of damage including the broken glass and lost beer.
Police were called and he waited inside for them. He swore and said: “I’ve not moved, have I?”
The previous hearing was told that Trayte was arrested and taken to Huddersfield Police Station where he admitted that he had been drinking for 12 hours.
He said he was very drunk, putting himself at “about a hundred” on a scale of one to 10.
Trayte admitted that he ‘lost it’ after staff refused his request for a mobile phone.
Magistrates were previously told that he ran out of money playing the Bandit machine and wanted to ring for a taxi home but his mobile phone had died.
They heard that a number of traumatic incidents in his life had led to him binge drinking.
This included the death of his beloved grandma on Christmas Day two years ago.
Trayte was also signed off work following an industrial accident which the company has admitted liability for.
At the time of the offence he was subject to a community order made in February for another offence of criminal damage.
Trayte’s solicitor Aubrey Sampson said that he has referred himself to the Chart Kirklees alcohol support service and is keen to overcome his drinking problem.
Mr Sampson said: “He said to me: ‘I know what I’ve done is wrong and I do binge drink’.
“’When I go out for a drink I can’t stop and I know it’s a problem’.
“It’s not a case where he’s trying to minimise his actions and he fully accepts it must have been quite frightening to all parties who were on the other side.”
Magistrates sentenced Trayte to a community order as a direct alternative to custody.
This includes 25 rehabilitation activity days and six months of alcohol treatment.
He will have to pay £850 compensation to the pub as well as £90 victim surcharge.