Asylum seeker gets good behaviour bond

AN Darwin magistrate has sympathised with an asylum seeker who pleaded guilty to smashing up a detention centre dining hall.

AN asylum seeker who pleaded guilty to damaging a Darwin detention centre dining hall and assaulting another detainee has escaped with two good behaviour bonds.

NT Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday the man, who cannot be identified, was "clearly on edge" in November last year when he discovered Serco staff had left a personal letter he wrote to authorities on a table in the hall where other detainees read it.