Nine people have appeared in court in connection with a violent melee alleged to have taken place in daylight on a public street.

The incident last Friday night involved the presence or use of weapons including a knife, a hammer, a cricket bat and a golf club, a court heard on Monday.

Police responded to a series of 999 calls from members of the public who reported that a group of men were fighting in Marathon Road, Douglas, at about 5.50pm.

That affray was said in court to have been linked to an earlier altercation at a flat in nearby Drury Terrace.

A man was said to have been assaulted in the bathroom of the flat although no formal complaint had been made to the police.

Prosecutor James Robinson told Deputy High Bailiff Chris Arrowsmith that five men had sought out or come across on Marathon Road one of those alleged to have been involved in the Drury Terrace incident.

Mr Robinson said weapons were involved including a bladed knife.

All the defendants knew each other and inquiries are ongoing.

The court heard that a black Volkswagen Golf had pulled up at speed on Marathon Road and a number of men alighted in an aggressive and threatening manner.

A hammer was thrown at the driver’s side window of a Renault car.

The court heard a golf club was alleged to have been wielded and swung and a cricket bat thrown at the windscreen of the Volkswagen.

Kevin Coleman, aged 38, of Mona Drive, Douglas, is accused of one charge of affray and two of possessing offensive weapons, namely a golf club and a cricket bat.

He is also accused of provoking behaviour tending to a breach of the peace in relation to the incident on Drury Terrace.

An application for bail was rejected and he was remanded in custody until Tuesday, March 3.

Kyle Molyneux, who is 24 years old, of the Larivane estate in Andreas, pleaded not guilty with Frank Harrison, Nathan Gilbert and three others to threatening unlawful violence towards Kevin Coleman such that a reasonable person would fear for their safety.

He also denied possession of an offensive weapon, namely a hammer.

A bail application was refused and he was remanded in custody to March 3.

Sean Wiseman, aged 34, of Barrule Drive, Onchan, denied the same charge of threatening unlawful violence towards Kevin Coleman.

He was denied bail and remanded in custody on March 3.

Anthony Wiseman, aged 21, of the Newtown estate in Santon, pleaded not guilty to threatening unlawful violence and he also denied two counts of possessing offensive weapons, namely a knife and a hammer.

He too was remanded in custody to March 3.

Nathan Gilbert, aged 23, of Drury Terrace, Douglas, is accused of one offence under the Public Order Act.

Frank Harrison, 59, of Santon, is accused of one offence under the Public Order Act and one count of using a car in a way likely to cause nuisance or danger to others.

Both were also remanded in custody to next Tuesday.

Mr Coleman’s stepson Corey Mason, aged 22, also of Mona Drive, is charged with provoking behaviour in relation to the Drury Terrace incident. He was granted bail to March 3 in the sum of £500.

James Crook, 20, of Falcon Street, Douglas, pleaded not guilty to provoking behaviour over the Drury Terrace altercation.

He, too, was bailed to March 3 in the sum of £500.

On Tuesday, a ninth man appeared in court in connection with the same incident.

Christopher Tomkinson, 33, of Tynwald Road, Willaston, is charged with affray and possession of an offensive weapon, namely a knife.

A bail application was denied by High Bailiff Jayne Hughes and he was remanded in custody to March 3.