A teenager has admitted smashing a window at Fatboy Slim’s café and damaging a fire exit door.

The 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to criminal damage at the Big Beach Café in Hove after a group of boys attacked the building, smashing a window and destroying a CCTV camera.

The teen, who cannot be named due to his age, is said to have caused over £1,000 worth of damage in the incident, which forced the business to close for a day.

A hearing at Brighton Youth Court heard how the 15-year-old boy and two other teenagers had been “misbehaving” outside the Hove Lagoon café.

The boy then picked up a concrete block and threw it at the window of the café, smashing it and damaging grills inside.

At the time the café, at Hove Lagoon, Kingsway, shared CCTV images of several youths with bikes.

Images shared on social media showed the youngster holding what appeared to be part of a paving slab above his head and throwing it.

Further photographs showed the extent of the damage with the café’s shutters warped and broken.

Appearing at the hearing wearing a matching red hoodie and tracksuit bottoms, the teenager admitted damaging a window, a fire exit door and a CCTV camera, valued in total at around £1,200.

The boy also admitted possession of cannabis in a separate incident, but denied stealing kitchen knives from the café on May 31.

He will be sentenced at a later date and is next set to appear in court on December 4.

Internationally renowned DJ Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, bought the café in 2013 from former model, businesswoman and animal rights activist Heather Mills.

The ex-wife of Beatles star Paul McCartney ran what was then the vegan café V Bites for four years.