A TEENAGER of no fixed address pleaded guilty to numerous offences including theft of a flat screen TV when he appeared in court.

The 16-year-old, who can not be named, pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a window in Graig y Rhacca, Machen, on July 15 and assaulting a police officer on the same day.

He also pleaded guilty to criminal damage of a hotel room at the Travelodge in Caerphilly and to theft of a flat screen TV from the hotel room on July 17.

The youth pleaded guilty to stealing some sweets from Lidl in Caerphilly on the same day as above and also beating a man in Caerphilly on July 17.

He was ordered to appear at Cwmbran Youth Court on July 24 for sentence and was given conditional bail.

He was put under a curfew from 7pm to 7am and is not allowed to go to Caerphilly county borough.

He has to live at an address directed by social services.