A 26-year-old man has admitted intimidating a witness by making a cut throat gesture and a gun gesture using his fingers.

Phillip Nyamande had already previously pleaded guilty to another charge of intimidating a witness by sending him threatening Facebook messages on September 17.

On September 21 he was released on bail after that guilty plea but later saw the witness outside the Premier Inn and made the cut throat and gun gestures.

Magistrates declined jurisdiction and Nyamande will be committed to the Court of General Gaol Delivery - which can impose tougher sentences - on November 2.

We previously reported that the complainant in the case was contacted by Nyamande, who lives at Mountain view in Ballaugh, on September 17 via Facebook messenger.

The complainant is a witness in another case which Nyamande is not involved in.

Nyamande used his own profile, which included a photo of him, and told the man: ’I’ll be seeing you very soon. Drop the charges. When I run into you it’s on.’

He was arrested and gave ’no comment’ responses to all questions.

He was then released on bail on September 21 after pleading guilty to intimidating a witness, but after leaving court saw the complainant sitting in his car outside Premier Inn.

Nyamande was arrested again after making the gestures and pleaded guilty to a second charge of intimidating a witness.

On Thursday, defence advocate Paul Glover applied for bail saying that the latest offence had been hand gestures only.

Prosecuting advocate James Robinson opposed bail and said that Nyamande was also in breach of a suspended sentence imposed in April.

Magistrates refused bail and remanded Nyamande in custody.