Racism claims dismissed by court

A man who tried to sue the Department of Home Affairs and police over claims of defamation and racial discrimination has had his claim dismissed by the courts.

However, Anthony Adenaike's claim he was subjected to racially-aggravated assaults by prison guards will still be heard.

He sued on the grounds he'd been assaulted and then a cover-up had taken place following his imprisonment for assaulting a judge and two advocates at Douglas Courthouse.

But High Bailiff John Needham struck out the claims on the grounds they'd take too long to bring to court.

Mr Adenaike was allowed to continue a claim he'd been assaulted by guards during an incident in his cell on July 8 2014 as he was being moved to a segregation unit.

He's been granted access to video footage of the incident - although he was banned from posting it to social media or using it for any other purpose than as evidence in his case.

Mr Needham struck out his claim he'd been libelled when prison staff said in a report he'd bitten one guard and grabbed the testicles of another.

He also threw out claims Mr Adenaike had been denied access to the courts because of his race.