his pets barking.

The collars squirt a spray in the animals' faces, Robert Blackwood said.

Blackwood, an analyst programmer for a law firm, was in Magistrates' Court for having a noisy dog.

Sgt. Ken James, prosecuting, said neighbour Kim Clinton-Marsh told Police she was woken by barking at 4.30 a.m. on May 19.

The dog barked constantly until 7 a.m., she said, and when she called Blackwood's home on First Avenue, Pembroke, there was no answer.

Blackwood, 33, admitted being the owner of a dog that repeatedly barked, annoying his neighbourhood.

He told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis he had three dogs. He also worked as a commercial fisherman, and that morning he had gone out fishing, thinking he had taken every reasonable precaution to stop the dogs barking.

"External influences'' could have caused the barking, like cats, a prowler or people walking by.

Since the collars were fitted, neighbours had asked where the animals were.

Mr. Francis said it was alleged that Police had warned him before this incident.

Blackwood replied that the woman who complained "has not been a friendly person in our neighbourhood''.

He was given a conditional discharge for six months.

GOV'T HOUSE DENIES CONFISCATING PICTURE GOV Gov't house denies confiscating picture Government House has denied confiscating a picture of the Governor's car, taken after it broke down.

A photographer says he snapped the official Daimler when he saw it broken down at the side of the road.

He was then visited by a man claiming to be a detective who confiscated the photo, he says.

Police have already denied any knowledge of the incident.

Capt. Eddie Lamb, aide-de-camp to the Governor, said he too was unable to shed any light on it.

"It was certainly not anybody from Government House,'' he said. "The last I knew the Police were actively pursuing it and were going to advise us accordingly.'' He confirmed the Daimler had broken down on Trimingham Hill with himself, Lord Waddington and Lady Waddington inside.

They were taken to Government House in alternative transport, he said. He had no recollection of a Policeman guarding the car at the side of the road, as reported by the photographer.

The Governor's driver wore civilian clothes and would not have been easily identified as a Policeman, he said.

"It all sounds very bizarre to me. None of it makes sense.'' Police spokesman P.c. Gary Venning said as far as he was aware there was no investigation continuing.

The photographer, who does not want to be named, has stuck by his story.

FIGHT LEAVES MAN BLEEDING CRM Fight leaves man bleeding A St. George's man was left bleeding from the head after a fight on Cedar Avenue, Police said.

A 22-year-old Warwick man was arrested, Police said in a news release. The injured man, 28, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he received stitches to several head cuts.

Police were called to the disturbance at about 2.30 p.m.

The investigation was continuing yesterday and Police wanted to speak to witnesses.