ALCOHOL was the common denominator for a man who caused more than $30,000 worth of damage to businesses in the Mildura CBD and admitted to police he did "weird sh**" when he was drunk, a court has been told.

Sam Noun, 33, admitted having a long-standing problem with alcohol when he smashed windows and glass fence panels to the Quality Hotel Mildura Grand, kicked in a window to the Royal Copenhage...