A 58-year-old Douglas man has been fined £250 for disorderly behaviour on a bus.

Liam Patrick Flanagan was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs and will pay at a rate of £10 per week, deducted from benefits.

Flanagan was said to have boarded the bus on December 12 and told the boy: ‘Move your bag or I will kill you.’

However, when interviewed, he claimed he had said: ‘Move your bag or you’ll spill it.’

Flanagan said that the boy had misheard him and he had a plate in his mouth, which affected his speech.

Defence advocate James Peterson said that Flanagan, of Hazel Close, did not accept he had made a threat, but did accept he was disorderly.