A woman who threw chairs at a bail hostel resident has been sentenced to two months’ custody.

Jolene Elizabeth Cowell has already spent the time on remand, so will be released immediately as time-served.

Prosecuting advocate Harry Bellis told magistrates that the 41-year-old defendant was living at Tromode House on June 1.

Staff were monitoring CCTV when they saw Cowell throwing chairs at another resident.

She was arrested to prevent a breach of the peace, and taken to police headquarters.

Cowell was said to be acting aggressively and being abusive during the police booking-in process.

When interviewed later, she admitted throwing the chairs at the other resident and said she was mortified and embarrassed.

Cowell said it'd been the one-year anniversary of the passing of her mother, and she had drunk six or seven cans of cider.

In March, Cowell was given a suspended sentence after attacking a woman in Port Erin and punching her to the ground.

She was ordered to pay the woman £550 compensation, but told magistrates at the time that she wouldn’t pay and would rather do the 38 days in custody in default of payment.

For her latest court appearance, Cowell, lastly of Fairy Hill, Port Erin, was represented by advocate Helen Lobb.

Ms Lobb said that the bail hostel incident had been a low-level provoking behaviour offence, and it had been a sad situation, because Cowell had been friends with the other resident.

The advocate asked magistrates not to activate the previous suspended sentence, saying that the defendant had unresolved grief issues and complex needs.

Ms Lobb said Cowell had been on remand for 45 days, due to having no address available, nearly the equivalent of a three-month sentence.

Magistrates agreed to allow the suspended sentence to continue without any action taken.