AN ANGRY biker turned up to a pub with a baseball bat to demand an apology from a fellow customer who he had become embroiled in a row with, a court was told.

Lindsay Dean Hastings returned to the Hunters Inn, in Romey, with the weapon tucked in his jacket.

The incident came after he had been arguing with the man earlier on the same evening.

But Hastings, of Mortimer Close, Totton, quickly left the scene after he was told the man, named only as “Paul”, had since left.

Bosses at the Hunters Inn then locked the pub up following the incident.

Now Hastings has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to an offence of possessing an offensive weapon.

Southampton Crown Court heard how the incident began when Hastings and a group were in the pub, on Winchester Hill, on March 10, 2019.

The court heard Hastings was being “loud” and swearing when he was asked to calm down by bar staff.

The 46-year-old was later asked to leave by a man named “Paul” and Hastings responded by asking him to come outside.

Hastings left the scene on his motorbike, but returned around 9pm.

The court heard that on his return he was spotted with a baseball bat and he asked if Paul was there as he wanted an apology.

He was told that Paul was not there and he later left the scene.

Mitigating, Fran Kirby told the court that Hastings did not brandish the baseball bat, which was kept in his jacket throughout the incident.

She said Hastings was asked to leave the pub and did.

Ms Kirby added that Hastings suffered from memory problems and did not remember the incident.

In sentencing, Judge Peter Henry said: “To go to the pub with a baseball bat in those circumstances was not only stupid but it was very dangerous.”

Hastings was given a four month prison sentence, which was suspended for two years.

He was also ordered to pay court costs of £400.