A man on a night out in Manchester threatened to punch people after he realised he didn’t have any money to get a train back to Kent.

Paul Brewster, from Sittingbourne, first came to the attention of police in the city at a coach station after apparently getting into a confrontation with someone when he was assaulted.

The 36-year-old was then taken to a railway station by officers so he could get the train home, but when he realised he didn’t have any money to get to Kent, he started being abusive towards people there and threatened them.

A court heard the incident happened on December 29 last year, in Chorlton Street, Manchester, and Brewster was later charged with being drunk and disorderly.

Brewster - formerly from Canterbury but now of London Road, Sittingbourne - admitted the offence when he appeared at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on April 3.

Neil Sweeney, prosecuting, said: “He was at the coach station in Manchester and there was a bit of a confrontation and the police turned up and he told them he’d been assaulted.

“Officers then take him to the Manchester Piccadilly train station so he can get home but he doesn’t have the means to pay and starts swearing at people and threatens to punch someone’s lights out.”

The court heard police then arrested Brewster and he was later charged with the drunk and disorderly offence.

Mr Sweeney added: “He has previous convictions but they are dissimilar, but he does have a like matter which happened in Yorkshire in 2022.”

Defending himself, Brewster told the court he was currently studying to be an electrician but was claiming ESA benefits as he suffered with depression.

He added: “I am sorry for the time [you’ve had to spend on me and this case].”

Magistrates gave Brewster a six-month conditional discharge and told him he’d have to pay a victim surcharge of £26, as well as £85 court costs.

He will pay what he owes the court at a rate of £20 a month as he’s claiming benefits.