THOMAS Winters was a loser in love and a lottery loser after damaging a terminal belonging to Camelot.

Blackburn magistrates heard the lottery organiser was claiming £3,500 compensation for damage caused to the lottery equipment.

And shopkeeper Simon Dixon was claiming a further £8,300 for damage to his till and a computer caused when Winters went berserk following a row with his former partner.

Winters, 35, of Branch Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and a charge of using threatening behaviour on a separate occasion.

He was made subject to a community rehabilitation order for 12 months, with a condition that he attends the Addressing Substance Related Offending programme, and ordered to do 50 hours community punishment.

He was also ordered to pay £300 compensation. David Macro, prosecuting, said Winters entered the off-licence on Albert Place at 9pm and there was a dispute.

He returned at 10 pm, obviously the worse for drink, and after starting an argument pushed the till and computer off the counter and knocked over the lottery terminal.

The threatening behaviour involved a neighbour, Jonathan Rhodes, who had made a complaint about Winters' son damaging a fence.

Andrew Church-Taylor, defending, said Winters had split from his partner of 18 months shortly before the incident and she worked in the shop.

"He spoke to her at work and when he returned later and a further request for his property was refused he lost his temper. In his anger and frustration he lashed out."