Stoke-on-Trent man banned from the Isle of Man after casino assault

27-year-old struck doorman in the face

A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been banned from the Isle of Man after assaulting a security officer at the Island's casino.

Ryan Paul Colclough, of John Ritchie Street, struck the doorman in the face after being refused entry at the Best Western Palace Hotel in the early hours of 17 July.

The 27-year-old, who was drunk, had been pushed back by the employee – during sentencing at Douglas Courthouse his advocate said he'd responded with a 'back-handed motion to the face'.

The prosecutor accepted Colclough's basis of plea telling the court: "It wasn't a closed fist punch. It was a connection with the whole arm."

Describing the incident as an ‘ugly scene’ Colclough’s advocate told the court: "It was an instinctive rather than a pre-meditated assault. It was impulsive and juvenile."

"He really should know better. He ought to be putting immature, erratic behaviour like this behind him.”– Jim Travers (Advocate)

During sentencing High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said there was a ‘significant difference’ between how the case had been presented originally by the Attorney General’s Chambers.

She fined Colclough £2,000 and ordered him to pay £500 in compensation telling him: "You really should, at your age, know better."

Colclough was also made the subject of a five-year exclusion order and must pay prosecution costs of £250.