A man and woman from Douglas have been fined after resisting arrest.

It came after a complaint about noise coming from a property in Keppel Road, Douglas, by a neighbour.

Shaun Anthony Ward, aged 30, of Bayr Cam, was fined £1,000, while Anne Marie Laughlin, aged 28, of Keppel Road, was fined £800, after both admitting the charge in court this week.

They were both also ordered to pay £100 compensation to police officers and were banned from purchasing or being sold alcohol for four months.

Police were called to a property in Keppel Road on August 7 after a complaint of noise in one of the properties.

Laughlin answered the door to the property and police witnessed a number of people inside with music blaring. She was unsteady on her feet and smelling of alcohol but said that she would turn the music down.

However, Ward was inside and began shouting and swearing, saying: ’You can’t tell us what to do.’ Ward was said to have calmed down and become apologetic as he spoke to officers outside but when someone opened the door again he resumed shouting and swearing.

He was arrested but pulled his arms away and kept pushing back as officers tried to restrain him. Laughlin started shouting and swearing at police, squaring up to them. He was put in a van as he continued to struggle and once inside banged violently around the van’s cage. Another van arrived to take Laughlin and it took four officers to get her in the van and restrain her.

Defending Ward, advocate Louise Cooil said the case was at the lower end of the resisting arrest scale.

’He was moving his hands away while the cuffs were being put on. There was no violence towards the police officers and it lasted only a minute or so,’ said the advocate.

’The only injury sustained was to himself. It started as a quiet night in with friends. Mr Ward wasn’t aware the music would be considered loud.

’He hadn’t fully understood why the police attended and things unfortunately escalated quickly.’

Lawyer Matthew Wilshaw defended Laughlin and said she had become upset after police made reference to her ex-partner. A basis of plea, accepted by the prosecution, stated Laughlin’s head movement towards officers had been reckless, not intentional.

’Mr Ward was put in a van and Ms Laughlin was kept restrained against the van awaiting the second van,’ said Mr Wilshaw. ’During the wait she became frustrated and moved her head. She is sorry and embarrassed. She was in drink but not drunk. She accepts alcohol played a part but without the references to her ex-partner there may have been a different outcome.’