lawyer Philip Perinchief it has emerged.

Mr. Perinchief, a lawyer in the Attorney General's chambers, was alleged to have been caught speeding in Southside and appeared in court last Monday to fight the case.

But prosecutor Graveney Bannister offered no evidence after Police witnesses failed to turn up more than 30 minutes after the case was supposed to proceed.

Prosecutors are allowed to use their discretion to drop cases but it more common for them to seek an adjournment.

Mr. Bannister refused to speak to The Royal Gazette while several efforts to contact the Director of Public Prosecutions Khamisi Tokunbo were unsuccessful.

It is not the first time that Mr. Perinchief has hit the headlines with speeding cases.

In 1993 he contested a one-month ban for speeding in a MGB sports car after claiming Police radar had also picked up the car's fan which added to the clocked speed.

POLICE REPORT WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE CRM Police report weekend of violence A 41-year-old St. George's man claims he was slashed in the face by another man following a dispute on Friday night. The incident happened while the victim talked with the suspect on Court Street, who became upset and pulled a knife and slashed the victim across the face. In a seperate incident on the same evening Police responded to a disturbance at Ariel Road, Devonshire. They discovered that a 36-year-old Smith's man had been assaulted and taken to hospital after allegedly being beaten by a man. The victim was treated for a laceration to his head, requiring stitches, a facial laceration and bruising to his arm.

And two Texas Road, St. George's men landed in hospital yesterday morning after an argument. Police responded to the incident and the two men were taken to hospital, where one was treated for a wound and sprained arm, while the other received six stitches for a head injury.

CURE INTERNET PACKAGE PROVES POPULAR DIS CURE Internet package proves popular Government's attempts to take the red tape out of race reporting in the work place with a user friendly Internet package have got off to a good start.

Sharol Simmons, Chief Executive of the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality, said 16 companies had signed up for the E-CURE package launched last month.

Companies can assemble data on hiring and firing and promotions and then send the forms - which are required by law for companies of 10 or more people -- to Government via the web.

She said: "It's been a good start considering we have had a holiday period.'' "We are very pleased so many companies are interested.

"The manual version requires a big amount of paperwork with putting all the data in. But the electronic method makes it a lot easier to manage data.

"The general public seem to be very interested in it. That makes our job easier.'' THREE HOSPITALISED FOLLOWING CAR CRASH AC Three hospitalised following car crash Three people were hospitalised following a car crash on Manse Road near Middle Road yesterday at 3:30 p.m.

No further details were available at press time, although ZBM News reported last night the car had crashed through a wall.