Lawyer Liz Christopher yesterday vowed to appeal a six-year sentence handed down to a 23-year-old man who admitted to robbing four men of jewellery and cash during a three month long spree last spring.

Jamiko Kenneth Bean, 23, of Mary Victoria Road, Devonshire pleaded guilty to four counts of ?robbery using personal violence?.

Puisne judge Carlisle Greaves slapped Bean with the six year prison sentence, saying: ?I think the real concern is that this defendant presents in my opinion a present danger to society.

?At present a sentence of six years on each count to run concurrently will be appropriate. The court is concerned about the prevalence of these types of matters in society and senses the outrage and fear which they put in society. A prison sentence warranted.?

He said he was concerned that there were four robberies to four different victims on two different days, with two robberies per day.

?(After the first robberies) a month later he committed two other robberies on the same day. The maximum sentence provided by the statute is ten to 14 years,? he said.

He said Bean would probably benefit from counselling of some sort but he would have to be ?treated in prison or while on parole?.

Bean pleaded guilty to robbing Blaine Outerbridge of jewellery, a cellular phone, a helmet and money and at the time of the robbery used personal violence against Blaine Outerbridge on April 30, 2004.

Later that day Bean robbed Hamish Burns of jewellery, two cellular phones, an Easylink bank card, sneakers, a shirt, a wallet containing money, bank cards, drivers licence ? all while using personal violence.

Mr. Outerbridge and Mr. Burns were with Bean at the Spanish Point Boat Club. Bean lured Mr. Outerbridge into the parking lot, put him in a headlock and ripped a chain off of his neck.

?This is for jumping my little brother,? Bean told his victim. ?You Spanish Point guys did it?.

Bean returned to the park, and convinced Mr. Burns to accompany him to the Point Mart grocery store. Mr. Burns complied, and was grabbed and robbed outside the shop.

?You Point guys want to jump my little brother,? Bean said after he robbed him of his chain and threw Burns? helmet into the trees. ?I?ll treat you like you treat my brother? he said after stealing the shirt off Burns? back and riding off.

On May 14, Bean ? with another man not before the court ? robbed Andrew Chlebek of a gold chain, wallet and bank card on Parson?s Road. The pair rolled up on Mr. Chlebek on cycles.

Bean?s co-accused in these robberies allegedly kicked Mr. Chlebek in the stomach. The other man has pleaded not guilty to the two May robberies, and has yet to stand trial.

Bean pulled the chain off Mr. Chlebek?s neck and rode away.

But around ten minutes later at 6.45 p.m. on Rosemont Avenue in Pembroke, Bean robbed Kevin John Fox of two gold neck chains, a shark tooth pendant and a gold and onyx ring.

Bean and an accomplice man were spotted at the scene of Mr. Fox?s incident.

The licence plate of the cycle Bean and his co-accused were riding was seen by the victim. One of the men tried to hide the licence number of the cycle but Mr. Fox reported the licence number to Police, who eventually arrested and charged the two men.

Bean has been on remand since July 16, 2004.

Crown counsel Graveney Bannister said ?the maximum penalty for robbery when personal violence is used is 14 years.

?However because of his guilty plea, it is my respectful submission he should be given a 50 percent discount provided there are no other aggravating circumstances?.

?Society is crying out for tough sentences,? he said, ?People need to feel safe again ? protected from robbers.?

?He should be separated from society with a degree of urgency to send a message to others inclined to behave in such a manner,? Mr. Bannister continued.

And he said the courts should also be aware of all advisories to potential visitors which warn them of walking at night.

He said the range of sentence should be four to seven years.

Ms Christopher, proffered several English cases from the 1990?s in which young robbers were sentenced to 12 to 18 months in prison.

?There was no weapon in this case? she said, ?it was a mere grab and snatch? and she asked for a sentence in the same range as the English case law she had produced.

But Justice Carlisle Greaves asked Ms Christopher: ?Do you not get a sense that the mood has changed? This is 2005 not the 1980?s!?

He continued: ?Great Britain is a big country, much larger than Bermuda. It has a greater capacity to absorb the impact of such matters ? way beyond the degree Bermuda can.?

Before he was sentenced, Bean told the court he ?knew what (he) did was wrong?, but added: ?They provoked me.?

While giving his sentence Mr. Justice Greaves said he took into account Bean?s ?relatively early plea? and his co-operation with Police.

Outside of Supreme Court, Bean?s lawyer said she was ?certainly appealing? the sentence.

She asked what sentence a judge would give to ?someone who pulls a knife and pleaded guilty?? ? highlighting that at no time did Bean use a weapon in his crimes.