Community service for man who started fight in street

A Douglas man has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work after starting a fight in the street.

36-year-old Paul Mark Grant, of Hope Street, ended up in a 'tussle' with another man in Ramsey on September 29th. 

At Douglas Courthouse on Tuesday he admitted affray. 

Grant instigated the altercation outside Bar Logo on Parliament Street - he didn't know the man he ended up fighting on the floor with. 

After the incident was broken up the men came to blows again near The Courthouse - Grant was arrested and taken to Police Headquarters. 

His advocate told the court: "He understands he was the instigator of this - he apologies unreservedly." 

Imposing the Community Service Order, and ordering Grant to pay £125 in prosecution costs, Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes told him: "I will treat this as a one off."