Man handed suspended prison term for brandishing knife and threatening to kill girlfriend

A man’s been handed a suspended prison term for brandishing a knife and threatening to kill his girlfriend during a drunken row.

Christopher Quilliam of Watterson Close in Douglas appeared before magistrates at Douglas Courthouse.

At an earlier hearing he admitted affray at his home on February 22.

The court heard police were called to his home at around 10.15pm and officers saw Quilliam through a window as he shouted abuse.

He was arrested and later said he remembered very little about the incident, which happened just a week after he was convicted of injuring a police officer with a screwdriver during another drunken row at his home.

Magistrates told the 50 year old they’d seriously considered sending him straight to jail, but were willing to give him one last chance to address his alcohol problem.

He was jailed for four months, suspended for two years, and banned from entering licensed premises or buying alcohol for 12 months.

Unemployed Quilliam was also ordered to pay £125 costs at the rate of £10 per week from his benefits.