treatment for drug abuse as part of his sentence for a series of thefts and assaults.

Maucelle Sheppard, of no fixed abode, was sentenced on Friday in the Supreme Court to three years probation on the condition that he spend one year at a Salvation Army rehabilitation centre in Ontario, Canada. Sheppard landed in the Supreme Court after he stole $80 from Burrows Lightbourn in Somerset on September 19 and $240 from Lines Food and Liquor Mart in Warwick on September 20.

He also assaulted two Lines employees during the September 20 theft.

As part of the sentence, Chief Justice Austin Ward ordered that Sheppard be taken directly from the Westgate Correctional Facility to the Airport to board a flight to Canada.

Upon his return to Bermuda, Mr. Justice Ward said, Sheppard will enter a follow-up work programme for two years.

"It's up to you now,'' Mr. Justice Ward added. "This is your last chance.'' Sheppard assured the court that he will be a model citizen upon returning to the Island.

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