The 23-year-ℱold engineer from Dartford was arrested by police on We🌠dnesday.

He was caught flying his♊ drone near the Mountain Course.

In court, he admitted flying the unmanned aircraft within 1,000 metres of the course during a race, without lawful✃ permission.

Race Control at The Grandstand had been 🐽told during the race that a drone was flying above a field near Sulby Bridge, the court was told.

Isle of Man police tweeted: “The use of devic✅es of this sort put the aircraft operating around the couဣrse at risk along with the competitors and spectators. 

“It is an offe𒁏n♛ce and there have been plenty of warnings…”

The offender said in court that he didn’t know it w🤪as illegal because there were no signs.

“Ignorance of the law is no ওexcuse or any defence,” the prosecutor replied.

💦But his defence claimed: “How many people would go on holiday and look at the laws of the land for where they are going? It’s a preposterous sugges༺tion.”

The offender was told by magistrates: “Can you imagi🍨ne the catastrophe that cou൲ld have been caused?

“We have to send a very firm message that we want to ha🍸ve a safe TT.”

His drone has been destroyed.