It was only a bail hearing. All he had to show was that he was employed, had significant connections to the community, had no prior record, and was not a flight risk.
The statement he made could only hurt his defense. If I were his attorney, I would have told him to make no statement that could possibly be construed as an admission of fault.
Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)