A Douglas teenager has been jailed for 18 weeks after a string of offences.

Dillon Fraser Cowie, of Marathon Drive, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for possession of £676 worth of cannabis with intent to supply.

But the offence put 18-year-old Cowie in breach of a probation order, imposed in February 2016 for possessing an offensive weapon, property damage, two counts of provoking behaviour, affray, three assaults, two assaults on police officers, one counts of resisting arrest, escaping from lawful custody, and one public order offence.

He was also in breach of a six week jail sentence, suspended for two years, which he received in May 2016 for provoking behaviour and criminal damage and this was activated.

Speaking about the latest offence, involving the cannabis, prosecutor Michael Jelski told the court how, on December 18 at 11.55am, police tried to talk to Cowie as he walking on Governor’s Road in Onchan.

However, the teenager ran off across a field eventually reaching Summerhill Glen where he threw two packages towards a stream.

The package was recovered and said to contain 33.8 grams of cannabis.

He was arrested in the glen and in a statement to police, admitted possession of the drug but denied being involved in its supply.

However, phone messages analysed by the police implicated Cowie in the sale of cannabis and he was charged.

Cowie initially pleaded not guilty to the offence but then changed his plea.

The court heard that Cowie had been sentenced to a 24 month probation order in February 2016 and six weeks custody, suspended for two years on May 5, 2016.

The court heard he had failed to attend several appointments during the probation order.

The original offences for which Cowie was sentenced included him threatening to stab a woman’s mother during a row, headbutting a bus shelter, assaulting a man at the Isle of Man College, biting a policeman, escaping custody and brandishing a knife at a man.

Defending Cowie in court, his advocate Louise Cooil said that all the previous offences, bar one, had been committed before his 17th birthday and that he had struggled with mental health problems.

Ms Cooil said: ’Many of the offences heard surround the breakdown of a relationship. He was in a place where he didn’t care and didn’t think about his actions and the affect they had on him and his family.

’The offence today is relatively straightforward, supply of a relatively small amount, not a mass commercial operation. He would contact people he knew wanted cannabis and was a heavy user himself at the time.’

Chair of the magistrates Caroline Convery said while passing sentence: ’We are of the opinion only a term of custody is appropriate.’