A 27-year-old Douglas man has been jailed for 22 weeks by Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes for resisting arrest and damaging a police van.

Josh Arthur Corlett, of High View Road, pleaded guilty to the charges and was also resentenced for a previous offence after a probation order was revoked.

Corlett was sentenced to 12 weeks’ custody for resisting arrest and 10 weeks for the previous incident of affray, to run consecutively.

He was also sentenced to four weeks for the property damage offence to run concurrently.

The court heard how, on February 9, police went to the Courthouse bar on Athol Street in Douglas after a report of an incident there.

When they arrived Corlett had left the scene but he was later found on Upper Church Street and said to be unsteady on his feet and smelling of alcohol.

Corlett was swearing and shouting and was subsequently arrested but when police tried to put him in the back of their van he was said to have become violent and aggressive. He kicked out at the van door which hit one of the officer, injuring his wrist and thumb.

Pava Spray was used to restrain him and he was handcuffed and taken to police headquarters.

Damage caused to the police van door was said to be valued at £296.

During a police interview Corlett handed in a prepared statement saying that he had been suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and anger management issues, for which he was receiving assistance.

Defence advocate David Clegg said: ’I would submit there are two options for dealing this. By way of a discharge or time in custody. I would submit the only real option is days in custody as a discharge wouldn’t be an appropriate option here.

’Mr Corlett has been on remand for six weeks. There are mental health issues referred to in the probation report.

’He does suffer from difficulties, particularly with anger management. He apologises for the difficulties he caused officers on that evening. He kicked out at the police van door and wasn’t attempting to hurt the officer. He regrets he was injured. The value of the damage was not particularly large.’