A Castletown man has been jailed after he launched a lude foul-mouthed tirade at a police woman.

Jake Warren McKernan, of Malew Street, made sexual comments to the officer and in another incident abused a pub licensee and broke a window.

The 22-year-old admitted threatening behaviour, resisting arrest, and damaging property and was sentenced to 20 weeks’ custody by High Bailiff Jayne Hughes.

Prosecutor Roger Kane told the court that on May 25 at 5.45pm, police were called to the Union Hotel in Castletown.

McKernan was said to be shouting and swearing and being restrained by a member of staff.

He was said to be frothing at mouth, such was his rage.

As he was arrested McKernan told the police woman that he would sleep with her, adding: What are you going to do about it?’

McKernan then tensed up as police officers tried to put him in the back of a van and continued to swear shouting lewd comments.

Meanwhile, on June 8 at 6.45pm, the licensee of the Saddle Inn on North Quay, in Douglas, was outside his pub with a customer when he saw McKernon walk around the side of the pub and start urinating. He told him to use the toilets but McKernon responded by swearing, telling him where to go and saying: ’I’ll kill you.’

The licensee said he would phone the police but McKernon said he wanted to fight him and said: ’Go phone them, see if I care.’

McKernan then threw a can of beer at the pub window, breaking it, before running off.

He was later found by police sitting behind a wall in Lord Street.

When interviewed he handed in a prepared statement denying damaging the window and saying the licensee had been aggressive towards him.

When shown CCTV footage of the incident McKernan said: ’That’s not me,’ then refused to appear in an identity parade.

Defence advocate Stephen Wood said that community service and probation were not realistic options as McKernan had no fixed address.

’Sadly, at 22, my client has an unenviable record in respect of drink-related offending,’ said Mr Wood.

’He accepts that when drink is involved, wit is out the window. He can’t believe he said those words but accepts that he has. He behaves completely outrageously when in drink and is completely ashamed.

’It is the active resist that your worship will be sentencing on rather than the words.’

Mr Wood went on to say that McKernan had lost his accommodation after his address was published in the media and the owner had not been happy with the publicity.

Mrs Hughes sentenced McKernan to 12 weeks custody for resisting arrest and eight weeks for criminal damage, to run consecutively.

No separate penalty was made for the threatening behaviour offence.