A parade of men were brought to Magistrates' Court for drunk driving-related offences, and handed fines and bans yesterday.

Cavun Joell, 31, suffered head and facial injuries and a broken shoulder when his van smashed into the wall of a house on North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish late on January 22.

He was taken to hospital after the smash, where Police noticed he appeared to be drunk. Joell, of Middletown Road, Pembroke, admitted he'd had four drinks.

He appeared before the court with his right arm in a sling and a scar under his right eye. He admitted to impaired driving and was fined $1,000 by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner who also meted out a 12-month driving ban. Christopher Warburton, a 34-year-old guest worker, ran into trouble in the Ice Queen parking lot in Paget at 3.10 a.m yesterday. According to Ms Sofianos, Police saw him standing at the counter of the fast food restaurant looking unsteady on his feet and with his helmet and keys in his hands.

Warburton, who also had bloodshot eyes, told them: "My friend's taking me home."

However, when the Police went outside to speak to people he identified as his friends, they denied knowing him.

Ms Sofianos said despite being advised to take a taxi home, Warburton put his helmet on, sat on his motorcycle and put his keys in the ignition. At this point he was arrested, and admitted having consumed "three or four beers".

He told the Police: "I was calling a taxi." In court he insisted that he had no intention of driving. The prosecutor said Police were unable to obtain a breath sample from Warburton because he blew out of the sides of his mouth instead of into the machine. Warburton, of Stovell Road, Paget, admitted failing to give a sample, although he protested that he did blow into the machine.

Alfred Bulford, 46, of Scenic Heights, Southampton, also ignored a suggestion from the Police that he find alternative transportation. He was spotted swerving on his auxiliary cycle across Reid Street in the early hours of Saturday, March 27.

According to Ms Sofianos he hit the sidewalk outside the Colonial Insurance building and was stopped by the Police, who suggested he leave his bike and find another way home. He agreed, and left the scene but was spotted again later the same night, swerving all over Burnaby Street.

"I'm a little drunk," admitted Bulford, who pleaded guilty to impaired driving.

David Boyce, 25, of Dock Hill, Devonshire, admitted refusing to do a breath test after being stopped by the Police. Crown counsel Maria Sofianos said when officers tried to stop him on Church Street he rode his bike off down Joell's Alley where he stopped at some railings and fell off.

The Police noticed he appeared to be drunk, and asked if he had been drinking, Boyce admitted: "Yes I had four Heineken beers and I'm well over my limit."

He refused to do a breath test and pleaded guilty to that offence. Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner dealt with each of the men by way of a $1,000 fine, ten penalty points and a 12-month driving ban.