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A man who threw his iPhone at a stranger’s car in a drunken incident ended up having to call the police to get it back after the vehicle’s owner confiscated it and demanded £300. Ryan Madeley, 43, was staggering along a street when, in a rage, he flung his phone, damaging a Fiat 500 parked in the street.

The Fiat’s owner then called the police and took the phone, refusing to return it unless Madeley paid them £300. When the officers arrived at the street in Billesdon, near Leicester, Madeley was arrested and later charged with causing criminal damage.

To begin with, he was let off with a caution on the condition that he paid the Fiat’s owner £100 in compensation, which was agreed to.

However, that never happened. Amena Aijaz, representing Madeley at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Friday, explained: “He did admit the offence at the outset and agreed to pay the £100. However, he stated his phone was taken by the victim.

“He made contact with him on Facebook but the victim demanded £300 to return the phone. The police got involved and attended the victim’s address to get the phone back.

“Mr Madeley got caught up in this messy situation and thought, ‘Why should I pay this £100?’ But he will pay it if he’s given seven days.”

According to LeicestershireLive, the magistrates decided he should now pay a lot more, however. As well as ordering he pay the £100 compensation, they fined him £166 for the criminal damage offence and ordered him to pay a £34 victim surcharge as well as £85 prosecution costs.

The incident happened at about 7.45pm on Saturday, September 25, last year, the court heard. Madeley, of Fosse Way, Syston, had 23 previous offences on his record and since the Billesdon incident had been convicted of two separate offences of threatening to cause criminal damage.

Ms Aijaz said Madeley was a father-of-three and a groundworker who had since got his alcohol problem under control. She said the community order he received for the threats to cause criminal damage was going well. She said: “He is working hard and wants to get on with his life.”

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