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Brooker said he was summoned to the Jobcentre Plus on The Conge on August 30, shortly after he had secured a new room in the town.

“They wanted proof of tenancy and a sickness certificate, which I provided to them,” Mr Brooker said.

“But when I got there, they said they wanted another back-dated certificate, which takes two days to get.

“Because of that, they said I would need to make another appointment [next month] and they were not going to pay me.”

Brooker, who had been sleeping in a recycling bin prior to finding new accommodation, said he left the centre with not even enough money for food.

The following morning, at around 3am, he said he “snapped” as he walked past the premises.

“I was walking back from my friend’s house, and I was hungry and weak,” he said.

“I then fell over, smashed my phone and that just set me off.

“I thought ‘if they are going to mess with me, I am going to mess with them’.”

Unemployed man who had been sleeping in a recycling bin caused £3,000 worth of damage to Jobcentre Plus