he was riding, Magistrates' Court was told last week.

But Psalm Lawson Williams of Rambling Lane, Pembroke, later admitted he stole the cycle.

Williams pleaded guilty to theft, riding while disqualified, and riding without third-party insurance.

Magistrate the Wor. John Judge fined Williams a total of $300 on the two latter offences, but asked for a social inquiry report before passing sentence on the cycle theft.

Mr. Judge granted bail of $500 and told Williams to return to court on March 2.

Prosecuting, Police acting Insp. Rex Osborne said Police spotted Williams riding a heavy Suzuki motorcycle on Dutton Avenue.

They pursued Williams and stopped him on Parsons Road, where they noticed the ignition was missing from his cycle.

The cycle's owner lived on Pitts Bay Road and Williams "initially said he found it,'' Insp. Osborne said. He later admitted he stole it.

Williams was disqualified from riding because of his age and held no third-party insurance, he added.

Mr. Judge said the lack of insurance was particularly worrying "for a young fellow like you, who obviously has no means''.

FISHY TALE LEADS TO $200 FINE CTS Fishy tale leads to $200 fine A St. George's fisherman found out the hard way that cleaning his catch too close to shore amounts to littering.

Sergio Crane of Khyber Pass Road admitted cleaning the fish from his boat, which was anchored in Mullet Bay, but he told magistrate the Wor. John Judge that it wasn't his fault the carcasses washed up on the nearby shore.

Sgt. Peter Giles, prosecuting, said Police received a call on June 11 last year from a member of the public complaining that a man cleaning fish opposite his home was letting the remains float up onto the beach.

Crane told the court he had been fishing the day before, got in late, and decided to clean them the next day. He said it would have taken too much time and wasted too much fuel to go out farther to clean the fish.

"I didn't throw them on the beach,'' Crane protested. "I was 30 feet from the shore. They washed up.'' But Mr. Judge said there was a witness who saw him on the beach, and that regardless of the circumstances, the carcasses did end up where they should not have been.

The 21-year-old was fined $200 for littering.

DRUG USER WARNED CTS Drug user warned A Sandys parish man caught smoking cannabis with some friends was warned not to "mess up'' his life with drugs by Magistrate the Wor. John Judge.

Kevin Anthony Joell of Church Valley Lane pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to possession of cannabis.

Sgt. Peter Giles, prosecuting, told the court Police were making a routine check on November 24 around the Southampton Rangers Club on Horseshoe Road, Southampton, when they noticed a car parked at one end of the property.

As the officers approached, they smelled what they believed to be cannabis.

The occupants were then asked to step out of the car.

Joell was seen to throw an object under the vehicle. The item was retrieved, and found to be a partially-smoked home-made cigarette.

Analysis found the cigarette to contain .12 grams of cannabis.

The 23-year-old was fined $100.

WAITER BANNED CTS Waiter banned An Italian waiter will have to find a alternative way to get to work for the next 12 months, after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving in Magistrates' Court.

Vermiglo Scagliarini was fined $350 and disqualified for one year for riding his motorcycle while intoxicated on February 5.

The 23-year-old was seen swerving along Front Street in Hamilton by a Police patrol, who followed him to Crow Lane.

According to the Police report, Scagliarini rode straight towards parked vehicles on several occasions, but swerved away at the last moment each time.

An alco-analyser test revealed that the Middle Road, Paget resident had 190 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood -- more than twice the legal limit of 80 milligrams.