hotel because he has been banned from their home.

Magistrates' Court heard Michael Scales, 51, used to live with his aunt Molly Porteous from time to time on Kent Avenue, Devonshire.

She suffered from Alzheimer's disease and a Paula Flood had been given power of attorney over her affairs, prosecutor Insp. Peter Duffy said.

Because of his behaviour, Scales had been banned from staying in the house by an official letter.

But Police, called by Flood, found him there on November 4. He told them his aunt had given him permission to be there.

The officers, however, felt the aunt was unable to think for herself.

He showed up again on November 15 and 18 and was arrested both times.

The problem was that Scales' mother also lived in the house with his aunt, said Insp. Duffy. There was some evidence that his mother had been inviting him to the house when she was not supposed to.

The family were very concerned that Scales was taking advantage of the situation, Insp. Duffy added.

Scales admitted trespassing and being found in the house during the night.

Appearing in court on crutches, he told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis he had been "thrown on a wet floor'' while on remand in Casemates, and had been in hospital with pubic bone and pelvic fractures.

He begged Mr. Francis not to send him back to Casemates, saying he now had a place at the Salvation Army shelter.

"This whole thing has been blown up out of proportion. For the type of charge that I have been given, why should I be exposed to such cruelty?'' He said Flood had "taken over the house''.

"The three of us that are the real family of the house, our life has been absolute misery. Things have deteriorated so badly within the family that we are even scared to have Christmas dinner together because of this power of attorney.

"We've made arrangements now for the three of us to have our Christmas dinner at a hotel or something.'' He said he had no intention of going near the house, and denied taking advantage of elderly people.

Mr. Francis gave him a conditional discharge for a year.

BOOK ON WOMENS SUFFRAGE COMPLETED BKS Book on womens suffrage completed The first book on the women's suffrage movement in Bermuda is soon to be completed.

And its main researcher, Mr. Dale Butler, yesterday said he expected it to go on sale the same month as the movement's 50th anniversary, May 1994.

Historian Mr. Colin Benbow is the main writer of the book to be titled "Gladys Morrell and the Women's Suffrage Movement''.

Mr. Butler said he chose Mr. Benbow to work on the project with him because Mr. Benbow taught him at the Bermuda College and had a wealth of experience in writing.

"We've been working on it (the book) for about a month,'' Mr. Butler said.

"I'm very pleased with Colin's work.'' Mr. Butler wrote Gladys Morrell's original biography for schools in 1976. And he said it was always his intention to write about the movement.

He first planned to produce a pamphlet.

But he said after learning that two other groups were planning major events to mark the 50th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement and after gathering extensive information on the subject from various sources including some suffragettes' children, he decided that this warranted a book.

The book will be in hard-back form and will appeal to schools and the general public.