A Douglas man has been fined £1,000 for resisting arrest and being drunk and disorderly.

Matthew James Patrick Wilson, of Finch Hill Grove, admitted both offences as well as possession of cannabis.

He was fined £500 for resisting arrest and £250 for each of the other two offences.

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes also banned him from purchasing or being sold alcohol for three months.

We previously reported how police saw the 21-year-old on Windsor Road in Douglas on May 16 at 2.50am carrying a piece of piping, smashing it on the ground as he walked.

He was told to stop but made off before being detained.

Wilson was said to be slurring his words and unsteady on his feet and admitted to police that he had cannabis on him.

Wilson gave police a small lump of resin and said he could not remember his address when asked.

He then said his home was just around the corner and offered to show officers.

However, as they arrived at his home address Wilson was said to have become abusive, swearing and saying: ’If you put me in a cell I will chew my arms up.’

He continued swearing at police until he had to be restrained against a wall.

Restrained

Wilson then attempted to kick one officer which led to him being put on the ground.

When interviewed later he said he did not have a good recollection of events.

He told police he had been at a wake and claimed he had only drunk one double vodka and coke, rating himself at just 1.5 out of 10 on a scale of how drunk he was.

Wilson claimed that he had fallen and banged his head before police came across him and said that he used cannabis to combat insomnia but added that he did not use it very often.

The court heard that Wilson was fined in January after punching a glass door at Bordellos nightclub and then urinating in a police cell.

Defence advocate Kate Alexander referred to a probation report but said that she did not want to mention some of the details in open court.

’Mr Wilson accepts he was more intoxicated than mentioned,’ said the advocate.

She asked that Wilson be spared a ban from entering licensed premises as his job involved working on them.

The court heard that Wilson had written a letter of apology to the police and had contacted Motiv8.

High Bailiff Mrs Hughes told Wilson: ’Alcohol was clearly at the bottom of this offending as it was in January of this year.

’You need to get to grips with your alcohol consumption and your offending.’

Wilson was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs.