A 28-year-old man has been fined £250 for resisting arrest.

Joel Richard Moore, of Woodbourne Road, Douglas, admitted the offence and was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs.

The court heard that police were called to an incident at the rear of Buck’s Road in Douglas on October 9 last year.

After being spoken to by police a struggle broke out while police tried to handcuff Moore.

During the struggle officers said that they had to use a ’distraction strike’ to control him.

A second charge of provoking behaviour was withdrawn.

Moore was said to have spat a number of times during the incident but not at police.

Defence advocate David Reynolds said: ’This is very much at the lower end of this type of offence. Mr Moore was asking why he was being arrested. There was no injury and it was over a short period of time.’

Mr Reynolds went on to say that his client had been sick after the incident, which was why he was spitting.

The advocate asked the court to consider a conditional discharge.

He added: ’Mr Moore is not somebody who is regularly before the courts.’

Moore was given until May 31 to pay the fine and costs.