A 22-year-old woman who punched a man outside a Peel pub has been sentenced to community service.

Brooke Alayna Byron admitted common assault and property damage in relation to that incident, as well as a separate offence of being drunk and disorderly in relation to a ’cat fight’ outside Bordello.

Deputy High Bailiff James Brooks ordered Byron to do 50 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months.

A fourth charge of robbery was withdrawn.

Prosecuting advocate Rachael Braidwood told the court that, on August 16, police were called to Peel promenade, outside the Marine Hotel, after a report of an assault.

Bryon was said to have approached a man saying: ’Just the guy I was looking for.’

He tried to walk away but Bryon told him ’you’re not going anywhere’ and pushed him against a fence.

She then demanded his phone and, when he refused, Byron punched him in the face. The phone dropped on the ground and was picked up by one of Byron’s friends.

Bryon told her friend to smash it and the woman threw it on the ground.

The man entered the Marine pub to get away from the women.

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Byron was later arrested and when interviewed said she had gone to Peel in a car with friends to see the sunset.

She said that she saw the man and that he had previously made comments about her cousin and had naked pictures of her.

Byron said she approached him to ask him to delete the photos but he was taking too long.

She claimed that the man pushed her and she responded by punching him but the connection wasn’t good.

Bryon said that she had not handled the phone but had told her friend to get it.

Another incident took place on August 29 when police were driving past Bordello in Douglas when they saw Byron fighting with a woman outside.

The pair were said to be ’grappling’ and pulling each other. Police intervened and Bryon was described as slurring her words and having glazed eyes.

A probation report said that Bryon accepted the prosecution facts regarding the Peel assault but said she had little recollection of the incident outside Bordello.

The report said that she had mental health issues, suffering from anxiety and depression.

Defence advocate Ian Kermode entered a basis of plea for his client in which Byron reiterated that she had approached the man in Peel out of concern over photos of her cousin.

’It was a chance meeting, there was no pre-meditation,’ said the advocate.

’There is a background but clearly the allegations are unsubstantiated. It was a single punch and no injury was caused.’

Mr Kermode went on to describe the incident outside Bordello as an ’unseemly cat fight’ caused by alcohol consumption.

The court heard that Bryon had previously completed community service of 60 hours in 2019 imposed for burglary and taking a vehicle without consent.

She was also ordered to pay £250 prosecution costs.