speeding charge.

Harry Walter Moniz, 20, gave a false name to Police when he was clocked at 59 kph in Paget on July 6 last year.

But Moniz was summoned to court because officers discovered the man he named was wanted on another matter.

And Magistrate Edward King looked into Moniz's file and found he had never appeared for a trial after being suspected of breaking into a St. George's house in June 1995.

Moniz admitted the speeding charge and was fined $220.

But Sgt. Phil Taylor, prosecuting, asked for Moniz to be held in custody because he had never appeared before Magistrates' Court, despite being given four separate trial dates for the housebreaking offence.

Moniz pleaded not guilty to breaking into the house and stealing a telephone, leather jacket and videotape.

And he was ordered into custody for a week so his case can be mentioned at Magistrates' Court again next Tuesday.

Mr. King also warned Moniz he would face four months in jail "to begin with'' unless he paid an outstanding bail sum to the court.

Moniz, who wore a grey sweatshirt in court, told the hearing he was now in the Bermuda Regiment and needed time to pay.

But Mr. King said: "You have had since June, 1995. I am remanding you in custody for a week and unless you pay the bail sum forthwith, you will have four months in jail.

"You can run from the law, you can hide from the law but eventually the law will catch up with you even if you are dead.

"Isn't it funny how these things go full circle? A man gives a false name to Police but ends up in court anyway because the man he named is wanted on another charge.

"Then we find that the original man is also wanted on another matter. Poetic justice.''