A Grimsby man has been jailed for 14 weeks and banned from the island for five years for assaulting a woman and lying to police.

Mohammed Nanu Miah, of Hainton Avenue, had been in the island for just two weeks when he was involved in a serious incident of drink-fuelled violence.

Prosecutor Richard Butters said Miah held no work permit and had not made an application for one. The Income Tax division had no record of him. Advocate Rebecca Cubbon said her client would not argue against an exclusion order as he wanted to return to Grimsby.

Ms Cubbon said he had been helping out at Kitchen of India in Port St Mary in return for accommodation.

On December 2 at 3.50am, a group of women left the Palace casino and were approached by a group of four men which included Miah. As the women walked along Castlemona Avenue, one of the men was said to have asked one of them an intimate sexual question.

She replied she was not interested and the mood of the conversation was said to have changed. Miah put his arm around another of the women in the group and she said she felt intimidated by him.

He was said to have been verbally abusive, which he denied, and was then said to have approached the woman who his friend had spoken to.

Miah was said to have pressed his forehead against hers and took hold of her throat and pulled her hair.

The incident lasted a couple of minutes as the other men in the group tried to pull Miah away. He then left the scene but was found by police with his friends outside Marmaris takeaway. He refused to give police his name, then gave an incorrect middle name while he was in custody.

During police interview Miah said he was with colleagues and said he was not very drunk. He said he had got a taxi to Marmaris and had walked.

But the other mengave a different account and Miah was identified by his fingerprints. He continued to deny the assault or being in the area and said it was not him on CCTV footage. Footage showed his arrest but Miah said he was not the man being arrested.

He eventually admitted knowingly giving false information and said he had not wanted his employer to get bad publicity. The case was previously adjourned to establish Miah’s immigration status and work status.

Deputy High Bailiff Mrs Hughes said: ’The assault is aggravated by the fact you were intoxicated. The victim was making her way home and was accosted by you and you made inappropriate remarks then assaulted her.

’I’m sure alcohol was at the bottom of this. You compounded the offence by lying to the police about your identity. It was serious incident of violence.’