A man was stabbed in the street in Willaston after he was asked to leave a house party, a court heard.

Jonathan James Elliott, aged 26, showed police officers a three quarter inch deep wound to his midriff when they attended the scene.

Elliott, of Tynwald Street, Douglas, told officers that he had taken a knife from a man while trying to break up a row.

But he was himself the subject of court proceedings for having a knife in a public place.

Prosecutor Hazel Carroon told magistrates how, on January 14 at 2.15am, Elliott was at a party at a Tynwald Road address.

After a verbal altercation he was asked to leave by the tenant at the property.

However, the row continued in the street outside and members of the public called the police after one man was seen brandishing a knife.

When police arrived Elliott was seen holding a kitchen knife with a blue handle which he then threw into bushes.

He was said to be extremely intoxicated and told police that he had been stabbed, then showed them a three quarter inch deep wound to his midriff.

In a police interview Elliott told police he had taken the knife he was seen with from another man, but claimed the knife he was stabbed with was not the same one.

He said he had been trying to break up an argument and that he had taken the kitchen knife from one of the men involved. Elliott said that he had then walked away from the altercation but then ran back following a friend, in order to stop him.

He said that he believed he was stabbed with a different knife during some pushing and shoving, but said he had not felt any pain.

Injury

Elliott said he only noticed his injury when he saw his T-shirt wet with blood and claimed he had panicked when police arrived and thrown away the knife which he was carrying.

Elliott admitted a charge of possessing a prohibited article in a public place.

In a basis of plea, Elliott claimed that his initial action in taking the knife was reasonable but admitted it was an offence when he ran back to the altercation still carrying it.

Defence advocate Jane Gray asked the magistrates presiding for a probation report to be completed before sentencing.

The case was adjourned until August 28 in order to allow time for the basis of plea to be filed.