TWO teenagers who broke into a hotel and assaulted the manager have been given youth custody sentences.

David Roberts (18) and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons were sentenced to 14 months and nine months of youth detention respectively. Roberts, who also admitted drugs and motoring charges in the Royal Court on Friday, was also banned from driving for two years.

The two were arrested at the Hotel Ambassadeur in St Clement on 12 April after forcing their way in through the locked doors and assaulting the manager. They were restrained by the manager and another staff member until the police arrived.

Roberts was also sentenced for several other offences, including supplying cannabis and intending to supply the drug on 4 March at Albert Pier, when police found him in a car with 15 small bags containing 50 gm of herbal cannabis. And he was also sentenced for stealing a car, driving without licence or insurance, two counts of attempting to steal car and a motorcycle, and stealing a £200 CD player.