Three people have appeared in court after a fight broke out during a wake at a pub in Peel.

Ewan Foster Jankowicz, aged 21, of Victoria Avenue, Douglas, and Rebekka Lowther, aged 23, of Alder Road, Douglas, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour on licensed premises in relation to the incident at the Peveril.

The pair were sentenced when they appeared before magistrates last week.

Jankowicz must carry out 120 hours of community service.

And Lowther was fined a total of £450.

Meanwhile, a third defendant, Mark Benjamin William Quane, aged 35, of Market Street, Peel, is yet to enter a plea to the same charge.

He also appeared before magistrates last week.

Quane’s case was adjourned for a week until Thursday (February 6) to allow time for his defence advocate, Ian Kermode, to view CCTV footage of the incident.

Prosecuting advocate Roger Kane told the court that the wake was being held on June 18 at the Peveril pub on the quay in Peel.

Mr Kane said that emotions were running high and that police had already been called to the pub previously.

At 7.30pm, Lowther was said to have been involved in an argument in the toilets which then carried on outside the pub.

It resulted in a melee and people on the ground, Mr Kane told the court.

CCTV

Lowther was said to have stamped on Mr Quane during the melee and thrown punches at his partner.

Mr Quane is accused of punching Lowther during the incident.

Jankowicz, who was the partner of Lowther, was then said to have punched Mr Quane.

When police arrived at the scene all parties had left except for Mr Quane, who was taken to police headquarters.

During a police interview, Lowther told officers she had tried to break up the fight using her foot but Mr Kane said that CCTV footage showed otherwise.

A probation report said that Lowther worked part-time as a care home assistant and that it had been a difficult day before the wake.

She said that she was intoxicated and could not remember all the details of the incident.

A probation report on Jankowicz said that he had lived in the island for five years with his grandparents, originally being from Bradford, but had been unable to work due to work permit issues or claim benefits.

He said that he had not been drinking on the day of the offence but claimed he had acted after seeing his girlfriend punched.

Magistrates ordered Jankowicz and Lowther to pay £50 prosecution costs each.