Guilty plea to common assault charge
A Port Erin woman who slapped a bouncer has escaped a ban from licensed premises after magistrates heard she plans to become a designated official on an alcohol licence.
Twenty-nine-year-old Natalie Jane Hays Miller of Ballafurt Road appeared before magistrates at Douglas courthouse.
She pleaded guilty to one count of common assault on 25 August – a charge of disorderly behaviour on licensed premises was withdrawn by prosecution advocate Rebecca Cubbon.
The court heard Mills had been out drinking with friends in Douglas and had taken cocaine before the incident.
Door staff at the Courthouse nightclub on Athol Street asked her to leave at around 1.45am but she started arguing with them as she was thrown out of the venue.
Just outside the club, she slapped one of the security personnel in the face in full view of police officers who were investigating the disturbance.
Defence advocate Ian Kermode said Mills worked at a cafe in Port Erin and planned to sit the licensing exam to become a designated official, adding a licensing ban would mean she was unable to work.
Magistrates didn't impose a ban, instead Mills was fined £500 and ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs and £50 compensation to the man she'd assaulted.
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