A Port St Mary man has been jailed for 12 weeks after pleading guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour on licensed premises.

Simon James Cowle, of Park Road, brandished a bar stool during an argument with a licensee and was also banned from pubs for a further nine months.

We previously reported how, at 11pm on New Year’s Day, 44-year-old Cowle was in the Albert pub in Port St Mary.

He was already banned from licensed premises at the time so he was asked to leave by the licensee.

Cowle was said to have become aggressive and stood up and approached the licensee.

He was then said to have picked up a bar stool. The licensee thought he was about to be hit with it.

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Cowle’s friends tried to restrain him and prise the stool from his grasp.

Eventually they managed to manhandle him to the back door, but found it was locked. He then had to be restrained on the ground while a key was found and the door opened.

Cowle later told police he was restrained to the ground with no explanation. He said he had reacted reasonably, he denied raising a stool and said it was unnecessary to restrain him.

Defending Cowle in court, his advocate Paul Rodgers said: ’My client accepts the facts which have been read out. There was a gap in his police statement as he doesn’t remember what happened. But he accepts the weight of the evidence against him stating that he raised the stool.

’That act is certainly the worst part of the incident. But he doesn’t believe he would have caused harm.

’He was restrained to the ground so we can’t be sure what would have happened.

’He has entered licensed premises when he knew he was banned. He had a few drinks at home and went out celebrating his birthday.

’He has said he did not receive notification of when his ban ended but accepts he was banned.

’There have been issues with drug use in the past but he did manage to turn those around many years ago. The seriousness of the offence could be reflected in a fine and combining it with a ban.’

But Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said: ’This is not a case of simply being drunk and disorderly. It’s a case of threatening a licensee with a bar stool. He thought he was going to be struck.

’You were intoxicated to the extent you didn’t remember the incident and you needed to be restrained by the public.’