A 30-year-old man has been fined £800 after a race row at the Palace Hotel.
Prosecutor Mark Benson told the court how, on March 26 at 11.07pm, police were called to the Palace Hotel after a report of Stewart being ejected for assaulting a member of the security staff.
When officers arrived they found Stewart sat on the ground with security staff either side of him.
Staff said that Stewart had been angrily pointing his finger in the face of the bar manager, swearing and saying: ’You should go back to your own country.’
As he was ejected he continued abusing a foreign staff member swearing and saying: ’You need to go home.’
After being ejected from the hotel he was said to have run back slamming both fists on the door.
He was warned that he would break the glass but swore again making a comment about the staff member being Polish.
He was pushed outside but then swung a punch which hit the staff member in the face before he was restrained.
After being taken to police custody Stewart’s anger continued as he told officers he was being wrongfully arrested and he was filming it all on his phone.
He claimed that he had been racially abused at the hotel and that he was a licensee himself so he knew the law.
Stewart then warned police that they should not put him in a cell as he was likely to ’go off on one’.
He was subsequently put in a risk suit but as police took his clothes he shouted: ’You dirty homosexual. You’re dirty pervs who want to look at my genitals.’
Stewart represented himself in court and said that he disagreed with the facts saying he only asked for water at the bar and was then suddenly dragged out by security staff.
He claimed he was told it was always South Africans causing problems in the casino and ’You need to go back’.
Stewart admitted making the comments attributed to him but said he had been provoked. He denied hitting a bouncer saying he had only pushed him.
Stewart added that it had been his last night in the island after residing here for around two and a half years and that he was booked on the afternoon ferry to leave.
Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said that, had the case been brought in the UK, it would have been charged as a racially aggravated or homophobia aggravated offence but those charges were not available in the Isle of Man.
Stewart must pay the fine and costs in full before leaving the island.