A Willaston man has been sentenced to probation and community service after launching an attack on a man he found with his ex-girlfriend.

Jonathan James Elliott, of Tynwald Road, admitted common assault and property damage and was also ordered to pay £250 compensation to his victim, £300 prosecution costs, and £44 compensation for a damaged door.

Elliott, who is 25, was sentenced to a combination order of 12 months’ probation and 80 hours’ community service.

We previously reported how, on March 14, Elliott’s former partner was at the home she used to share with Elliott in Lakeside Road, Douglas, but was with another man.

She phoned Elliott to ask him for the wifi password but he asked her: ’What? So you can give it to someone in my house?’

Later that night Elliott was said to have stormed into the house, punching the man, then putting him in a headlock before he managed to escape.

After being arrested, Elliott told police he had looked through the window before entering the house and the ’red mist’ had descended.

He said he asked the man to leave but said he had refused so he had lost his temper.

A Newton Hearing was held after Elliott disputed the facts initially presented by the prosecution which had said that he had thrown more than 20 punches.

He also denied kicking in the door when he entered the house.

Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes ruled in Elliott’s favour at the hearing and sentenced him on the basis that he had only thrown three or four punches, with only one or two connected, and although he had forcibly entered the house, he had not kicked the door in.

Advocate Paul Glover said: ’The probation report refers to the breakdown of the relationship and "jealousy and paranoia". Mr Glover wishes to apologise to both parties.

’They are now on better terms than before. Regarding the assault matter, it was a brief altercation, and the injuries were very minor.

’The criminal damage was not intentional, it was more reckless. It came from swinging open the door. He will pay for the cost of the door.

’Mr Elliott is in full-time education and is returning to the Isle of Man College to do an IT course.’

A probation report recommended a probation order but Mrs Hughes said: ’One was made in 2015 and this occurred despite that, and in respect of the same complainant. This is a serious offence but I don’t consider the custody threshold has been passed.’