A woman who was banned from licensed premises caused a scene in a Douglas pub just one day after the ban ended.

Susan Annette Heathcote ended up in a row with staff and customers at the Rosemount pub a matter of hours after she was permitted back inside.

Police ended up being called to the scene which unfolded at about 8pm after a woman was reported being abusive to staff and refusing to leave.

Witnesses said the 52-year-old went into the pub and bought half a pint of lager, but matters deteriorated soon after as she started arguing with other customers.

When she saw staff looking across, she swore at them asking what they were looking at.

One customer was sworn at and a torrent of abuse was unleashed on another.

The yelling and swearing continued and she was asked to leave, but initially refused to do so.

Pub staff reported a prolonged tirade before she eventually left.

For the prosecution, James Robinson said police found her nearby outside the pub.

She had been polite, he told the court, but bar staff had wanted to ban her from the pub.

He suggested magistrates consider a further alcohol ban as part of their sentence, adding: ’She’s clearly not learned her lesson.’

Heathcote, of Barrule Drive in Onchan, admitted engaging in disorderly behaviour on licensed premises on December 14 last year.

Defending her, Kate Alexander drew magistrates’ attention to what she described as ’deeply personal issues’ contained in a pre-sentence report.

She said Heathcote had faced considerable difficulties in her background and had had to overcome some significant challenges in her life.

The defendant had apologised for her actions, she said, and was engaging with a charity called MOTIV8.

’She has made good progress working with them to address her problems,’ she said.

’And I am inviting the bench to consider a conditional discharge.

’A licensing act ban is opposed.

’This did occur one day after the end of a licensing act ban but she is now only drinking periodically.’

Miss Alexander said Heathcote wanted to be able to go out for a meal with her children when they visited the island.

Magistrates’ chairman Caroline Convery told her: ’The day after the ban ended you had an altercation in the Rosemount with another customer with whom you had a grievance.

’You swore at people and refused to leave.

’A conditional discharge is not appropriate.’

She was fined £300 with £50 costs and received a further 12-month alcohol ban.