A former prisoner who featured in ’The Best Little Prison in Britain?’ TV series is back behind bars after being charged with new offences.

The opening episode of the ITV show focused heavily on Ian Goldsmith, known as ’Goldie’, who has the words ’Thug Life’ tattooed on his stomach.

He was released on licence after winning on appeal a reduction in his three-and-a-half year sentence imposed in January for unlawful wounding.

However, he appeared in court again on Tuesday having been arrested for offences of threatening behaviour and criminal damage after allegedly telling a bouncer at the Outback bar that he would shoot them.

Goldsmith, aged 43, of Empire Terrace, Douglas, pleaded not guilty to the threatening behaviour charge but guilty to criminal damage - and was remanded in custody.

And the court heard that probation services are currently in the process of recalling Mr Goldsmith to prison for breaching his licence.

Prosecutor Barry Swain told the court that the complainant in the latest allegation was a security officer who worked at Outback in Barrack Street.

The bouncer said that he had refused Mr Goldsmith entry to the bar due to him being intoxicated.

Mr Goldsmith is then alleged to have told the bouncer he was going to smash his face in and said: ’I’m going to shoot you’, before asking him whether he had family and children.

He is then alleged to have walked away before returning to tell the bouncer again that he would shoot him before handing him a flower which he said was for his grave.

When police arrived Mr Goldsmith had left the scene but he was found in the Thirsty Pigeon pub nearby.

He was arrested and is alleged to have said to police: ’Do you know who I am? I will smash your head in, it doesn’t matter who you are.’

After being taken to police headquarters Mr Goldsmith was said to have urinated and defecated in a cell, and at one point appeared to eat the faeces.

When he was interviewed he denied the bouncer’s version of events and claimed that it was the other way around and that the doorman had threatened to shoot him.

He said that he had given him the flower in response to this, to put on his own grave rather than the bouncers.

An application for bail was refused by High Bailiff Jayne Hughes, who remanded him in custody.

He will appear in summary court again on Tuesday, when a trial date will be fixed for the threatening behaviour allegation.