A young father was remanded in custody on Monday for allegedly breaking two domestic violence orders against two different women.

The 20-year-old Pembroke man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will go on trial on October 1 in Magistrates' Court after he pleaded not guilty to breaking the orders, which were taken out by the women who each have a child by him.

Prosecutor Oonagh Vaucrosson told the court that on September 9 this year the accused had contravened one of the orders by calling the mother of one of his children and threatening her.She said he had threatened the woman on numerous occasions and she was fearful of him.

Mrs. Vaucrosson said he allegedly committed a similar offence earlier this year by breaking a protection order against another mother of one of his children but failed to turn up to court for that hearing. The prosecutor said a warrant was issued for his arrest on that occasion.

The father, who was represented by lawyer Patrick Doherty in court yesterday, denied he had broken the orders and said he was not even aware that the second order had been put in place until he was arrested.

The man, a construction worker, said: "The only reason I called her was to see my son.

"I have a lot of goals to achieve right now. I'm not going to waste my time. I can't sit in jail for nothing - for something I did not know about.

"You (the Magistrate) are just sitting up there reading your papers and you are not even listening to me."

He said he had turned up in June for the first offence but was told he was okay to leave.

He said, on that occasion, he had been represented by lawyer Llewelyn Peniston. But on Monday Mr. Peniston denied ever meeting the young father.

Mr. Doherty said: "He was not served with the (latest) order until the alleged offence.

"On or about September 9 he had not seen his son for three weeks. He said he had been talking to the complainant and asked to see her. She hung up on him, he got upset and he left a message on her answer machine. Then he went about his business for the next week.

"He was arrested last Friday and it was at that time he was actually served with the order. He is somewhat confused on this."

But Mrs. Vaucrosson said the father had called the woman's lawyers and spoke to them about the domestic violence order.

Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves remanded the man in custody until October 1, when he will be tried on both offences.

He said: "You see the temperature of the Country right now (regarding domestic violence). It's hot. Women complaining about violence and marching, saying they can't get any protection from the courts."