A man using multiple names got caught out then landed with heavy fines he'd racked up under his various aliases.

The defendant, listed on court documents as Clifton George Ross Powell, gave a false name to Police officers in a bid to avoid court processes they were attempting to carry out.

He claimed to be called Shane Foller and having been born in February 1982, when he was actually born in February 1983.

He pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice when he appeared at Magistrates' Court on Monday. Senior Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told the court that Police had reason to stop Powell in Washington Lane, Pembroke, around 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Checks on the Police information database revealed there was no person named Shane Foller.

The defendant was taken to Hamilton Police Station, where he admitted he had given a number of false names to avoid warrants against him.

These included Clifton Fowell and Shane G Powell. He told Police: "Bring them all out."

Among his personal belongings were a BF&M insurance card for Ross Clifton Powell, a Bank of Bermuda card for Clifton G. Powell, a Capital G bank card for Clifton Ross, a Bermuda Regiment identity card for Powell Ross Clifton, and a Social Insurance card for Clifton G Powell.

The defendant, of Middletown Lane, Pembroke, told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner: "I'm sorry for wasting your time, the court's time and the officer's time."

However, in apparent contradiction to the name listed on the charge against him he added: "It's just that I have a lot of names. My name's Shane Clifton Powell Ross."

Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher said: "I think the name (he gave the Police) was a made-up name, it's not like he tried to put anybody else in peril and when he want to the Police station he admitted his true identity so he could be processed."

The defendant was fined $950 for various driving offences, including speeding at 64 kph in a CableVision truck, and $500 for perverting the course of justice.