A man has admitted stealing his dad’s bank card and using it to withdraw £200 from a cash machine.

Kyle Stanley Andrew Collins, aged 23, of Demesne Road, Douglas, also used it for a transaction worth £24.

He admitted theft and will be sentenced on December 3 after a probation report has been completed.

The court heard that Collins was jailed for nine months in May and is currently on licence after an early release.

That sentence was imposed after he burgled his parents’ home and stole items to pay off a drug debt.

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Prosecutor Roger Kane told the court that Collins’ father had left his bank card in a phone case at his home.

It went missing after Collins had visited and when he checked his balance online, he found that £200 had been taken out from a cash machine outside the Co-op in Duke Street.

He contacted Collins before informing the police but Collins replied, texting: ’Just for once hear me out, instead of going mad and wanting to hurt me. I was going to get my head kicked in.’

His father was going to wait but then found a further transaction of £24 had been put on the card so he contacted his son again after blocking any further transactions.

Collins was said to have made no attempt to return the card and his father informed the police.

Police attended Collins’ home on November 12 and he told them: ’I got rid of it.’

However police found the card in his dressing gown pocket.

Defence advocate Paul Glover asked for a probation report to be prepared before sentencing.

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes ordered that the report consider all options, including custody.

Bail was granted in the sum of £500 with conditions that Collins reside at his home address, contact probation and not leave the island without court permission.