A yob who admitted drinking 20-plus pints before punching a bouncer in a Douglas nightspot has been sent to prison.

Jacob Baruch Raby also drank 11 shots before the fracas in Bordello’s nightclub on Loch Promenade on February 9.

The 29-year-old was described as being very drunk and aggressive, and so ’off his head’ it took three police officers to put him in the van.

We previously reported police were called to the Bordello nightclub at 10.40pm on February 9, where they found three men pinning Raby down as he struggled violently. They were told he had assaulted the doorman.

The doorman said he had heard a disturbance downstairs in the club and went down to investigate.

He said Raby grabbed him with two hands and then swung at him, hitting him on the back of the head, knocking him back against a wall. He said he had suffered a lump due to the assault.

Witnesses in the club differed in their accounts of the incident. One said they saw Raby hit the bouncer on the door but another said they saw him push the man to the ground.

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Raby initially denied throwing a punch but a Newton Hearing was held after which Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes ruled in favour of the prosecution and their version of events.

Defence advocate Rebecca Cubbon handed in three references on behalf of her client.

The advocate said: ’Mr Raby comes before the court with a very colourful history. Alcohol obviously has a prevalent part to play in his offending. He is seeing Motiv8 and his offending has slowed down as he has got older and matured.

’He said himself it’s time he grew up and he’s getting too old for all this trouble now. He has been in full employment for three years.

’His family have seen him turn over a new leaf. His employer describes him as "very reliable".’

Ms Cubbon went on to say Raby had accepted the court’s findings at the Newton Hearing.

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’He says there is no excuse for his behaviour. He has had a long time to think about this matter. He may well lose his job and that is going to have a massive impact.’

Raby, of Murray’s Road, Douglas, admitted assault and was jailed for 14 weeks by the Deputy High Bailiff.

He was also banned from licensed premises for nine months and ordered to pay £500 compensation to his victim.

Mrs Hughes said: ’Drinking 20 to 25 pints and 11 shots, that’s not the behaviour of someone who is growing up.

’It’s amazing he was standing up.

’How on earth could you expect the court to believe you could remember anything of that night bearing in mind the quantity of alcohol you consumed? Not only were you intoxicated but it was an unprovoked assault on a doorman on licensed premises.

’A message needs to be sent out that anyone committing offences of drunken violence on licensed premises can expect an immediate sentence of custody.’