A Peel man this week pleaded guilty to provoking behaviour after an incident at St John’s involving an axe during TT.

Kristopher Robert Goldie, of Poortown, also admitted having a vehicle on closed roads.

The 26-year-old appeared before the High Bailiff on Tuesday.

He will be sentenced on August 20 after probation and psychiatric reports have been completed.

Goldie was previously charged with affray but that was replaced with the reduced charge of provoking behaviour after Roger Kane, prosecuting, said that neither of the two complainant statements from marshals had stated that they had been in fear of Goldie during the incident.

We previously reported that Goldie was driving a blue Vauxhall Vivaro van on Mad Sunday (June 2) at 12.45pm.

He was stopped by marshals at Ballig Bridge who told him the roads were closed.

But, instead of pulling off the road, Goldie performed a three-point turn and headed back towards Glen Helen.

Marshals said they spoke to him in a field opposite Laurel Bank cottage where he was living in a camper van. He was described as ’ranting and raving’.

Goldie was said to have told marshals: ’This land belongs to me and my dad and no-one is coming on it.’

He was also said to have threatened to start a fire and to have started swung a small hatchet around chopping at tree branches.

Goldie then locked himself in his camper van.

Police forced entry to the van and then used Pava spray and handcuffs to restrain him as he was said to be ’highly agitated’.

When interviewed Goldie denied being told to get off the course and said that marshals had come towards him aggressively. Goldie also made reference to having a stick rather than an hatchet.

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He told police that he had felt paranoid and that may have affected his account of the incident.

A statement from one of the marshals said that, while initially being nervous he had not felt under threat from the hatchet as he had realised Goldie was not well and needed professional help.

Defence advocate Jane Gray asked for a probation report to be prepared before sentencing and for seven days to submit a basis of plea.

Ms Gray said that while her client was fit to plead, his mental health had been seriously compromised and he had been seeing the mental health crisis team.

Bail continues until sentencing.