A 20-year-old man has admitted a theft after stealing two right-footed trainers.

Daniel Joseph Cachia, of Willaston Crescent, Douglas, also pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour after he ran towards a woman carrying a pair of scissors during a separate incident.

He will be sentenced on October 6 after a probation report has been completed.

Prosecuting advocate Rachael Braidwood told the court that, on July 27, Cachia was in the JD Sports shop in Douglas when he asked staff if he could try on some shoes.

While the member of staff went to get his size, Cachia took two right-footed Nike VaporMax trainers, a size six and a size eight and a half, and hid them behind a podium near the door.

He then left the store a short time later, taking the trainers with him.

Around 20 minutes later staff noticed that the trainers were missing and were told by a member of the public that Cachia was standing by a nearby bin and had stolen them.

The staff member confronted Cachia at the bin and he went back into the shop with her.

However, while CCTV footage was being checked Cachia left the store again. The trainers were found inside the bin.

After viewing the CCTV footage a member of staff identified Cachia on Facebook and passed his details to the police.

He was arrested and admitted the theft and told police it was the first time he had stolen and that he was ’not very good at it’.

Cachia said that he had taken valium and drunk half a litre of vodka before the incident.

On August 29, a woman was driving her car at Tromode Park in Douglas when she saw Cachia stumbling in the road. She slowed her car but said that Cachia then ran towards her holding a pair of scissors so she drove away.

When police arrived they saw Cachia discarding an object and the scissors were later found.

Defence advocate Paul Rodgers asked for a probation report to include input from the Drug and Alcohol Team (DAT), saying that his client had issues with substances.

’He doesn’t have two right feet,’ said the advocate. ’There is a condition like that, but this is a strange case. He said himself he was not very good at stealing.

’The second incident, the woman stopped to help him and he ran towards her with the scissors. He doesn’t recall the nature of the incident.

’He is someone who has done his utmost to get his life back on track. He was due to start a course at college but due to this incident he was unable to start it.’

Mr Rodgers made a bail application for his client which was opposed by Ms Braidwood.

The court heard that Cachia is currently subject to a community service order which has completed 240 hours out of 260.

Magistrates refused bail with magistrates’ chair Jill Quirk saying that there were concerns for Cachia’s safety and the safety of others as he had said he was unaware what he was doing during the scissors incident.