Former lower Shankill UDA leader Johnny Adair was today refused bail by a court in Britain.
Adair appeared at Bolton Magistrates' Court last week charged with harassment and was remanded into custody.
Today, solicitor Andrew Costello made another application for bail on his behalf, but it was refused and the Adair (41) was remanded into custody for a second time.
Adair joined his family in exile in Britain in January after his early release from prison.
Authorities at Maghaberry prison, Co Antrim, freed him to be flown by military helicopter to England for his own safety three days before he was officially due to be released.
The move was thought to have been an attempt to outwit paramilitaries in the UDA, who have vowed to kill him in revenge for the murder of a rival "brigadier".
Adair, jailed for 16 years in 1995 for directing terrorism, was given early release under the terms of the Belfast Agreement, which he publicly supported but is understood to have privately opposed.