Fine for hotel smasher

A homeless man who trashed a hotel where he was being housed in response to Covid-19 was ordered to pay £300 in compensation from his benefits. Stephen Lacey, 41, was kicked out after a row with concierges at his temporary shelter in the Palace Court Hotel in Bayswater, west London on 26 May. He returned later making threats and banging on the door before punching through a window when he was refused entry. Bearded Lacey appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court…