Four Regiment soldiers were warned yesterday that their offences were serious and if they returned court Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner was going to "lock them all up".

Delmonte Anthony Browne, Damon Jerome Cann, Daniel Matthew Coyles and Shane Robert Lee Wilson were in Magistrates' Court to answer for their Regiment absences.

All four pleaded guilty to their varying charges, which ranged from 68 absences in one year to failing to show-up for Operational Tour of Duty at the Cricket World Cup this year.

Mr. Warner said: "These are serious offences and if you all miss anymore of these parades I'm going to lock you up." He then gave each of them a suspended prison sentence.

Browne, 20, of Paget, who was the first to plead guilty, missed military duty on June 12 this year as well as failing to attend his Operational Tour of Duty for the Cricket World Cup this year.

His lawyer, Patrick Doherty said Browne, the father of a two-week old baby, tries to go on the Hustle Truck as often as he can.

"Browne had family issues at that time and was in the middle of an argument, which is why he didn't go to the Cricket World Cup," Mr. Doherty said.

Missing regiment duty 14 times over a five month period landed Cann, 23, of Sandys, in Magistrate's Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty.

Cann who is now a plumber for Works and Engineering said he has returned to the camp since these delinquencies and intends to make the Regiment his priority.

"We have certainly had our conversations with him," said his dad who was in court yesterday, "He lost his way and I appeal to you not to give him a custodial sentence."

Coyles, 22, pleaded guilty to failing to show for his Regiment duties four times between January 23 and February 13 this year because a bike accident had given him a bad back.

However, with no medical record filed with the Regiment, Mr. Warner dismissed his excuses.

Finally, Lee, who skipped his duty 68 times between March 2006 and June 2007, said a nomadic life with his mother and sister meant he couldn't attend camp. "At the time I was moving around because of a dispute between my landlord and my mom. I was also doing a whole bunch of nonsense. Now I've been working on the Hustle Truck for a month and a half," he said.

Mr. Warner warned the Regimental duties should not be taken lightly and then all four were sentenced to three months imprisonment to be suspended for varying lengths. While Coyles, Cann and Browne will have their sentences suspended for 18 months, Lee's time will be suspended for 24 months.