Eugene George DeSilva of Rosemont Avenue, Pembroke pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court this week to charges of simple possession and handling a controlled substance with intent to supply.

Police prosecutor Phil Taylor told the court Narcotics officers observed DeSilva on the afternoon of December 2 last year.

DeSilva was sitting inside his parked taxi outside the Victor Scott school on Glebe Road, Pembroke.

Sgt. Taylor said the officers saw a man inside the car with DeSilva and another man crouching outside the car.

After further observing DeSilva, Police arrested him and discovered three clear plastic bags containing a total of 19 grams of cannabis.

DeSilva, defended by lawyer Peter Farge, told Senior Magistrate Will Francis: "I'm sorry I broke the law. This won't happen again.'' Mr. Francis sentenced DeSilva to 18 months imprisonment for handling a controlled substance with intent to supply.

And he ordered him to serve one year in prison in penalty for previous convictions.

For the charge of simple possession, Mr. Francis ordered a one-year concurrent sentence.

TEENAGE HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER FINED CTS Teenage hit-and-run driver fined A Magistrate fined a teenage hit-and-run driver $450 yesterday.

Andrew Hayward, 18, was said to have given a false name and then run off after his bike hit a car on Middle Road, Warwick, last December.

He pleaded guilty to driving without due care, failing to stop after an accident, and driving a motorcycle while disqualified because of age.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told the court Hayward tried to overtake the car as it was turning right into Burnt House Hill.

He was thrown from his bike on impact -- and the car's driver said Hayward gave his name as David Ratteray before fleeing.

But the driver noted the motorcycle's licence number and Police later tracked Hayward down.

The defendant, of Ocean View Apartments, Pembroke, denied giving a false name in court yesterday.

"I didn't say my name was David Ratteray,'' he told Senior Magistrate Will Francis.

"I said I was sorry and she asked if I was okay. I said yes and rode off because I was scared.'' Mr. Francis fined Hayward $250 for driving without due care and $100 for each of the remaining offences.

MAN TOLD TO GET SOME TREATMENT CTS Man told to get some treatment A Pembroke man was warned yesterday he must make an effort to rehabilitate himself or he could be sent to jail.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis told Warren Mallory: "You've got to get yourself back in some sort of treatment programme.'' Mallory, 31, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty on November 20 to breaking into the First Church of God in Pembroke and stealing $455.

The day after the theft Mallory entered the church and told parishioners he had "come to calm the beast''.

Mallory had been living at the church and attending its rehabilitation programme.

This week, Mallory told Mr. Francis he was not living at the church anymore and admitted he had been thrown out.

"The stipulation was that if I got high I would have to go,'' Mallory said.

"When I work and get cash on Fridays I would go get high,'' he added.

Mr. Francis ordered another hearing on May 20 to determine whether Mallory was making an effort to report to probation services and was enrolled in a treatment programme.

He gave Mallory the extra time after a probation officer told him: "I think he has made too many strides since November to let it all go down the drain.'' Mr. Francis warned Mallory that he was in breach of probation and if he was not in a drug treatment programme he would "cancel probation and most likely send you to prison''.

MAN APOLOGISES FOR DIRTY MOUTH CTS Man apologises for dirty mouth A 45-year-old man who shouted racial abuse at Police officers told a Magistrate that he was sorry for his "dirty mouth''.

David Sousa, of Huntly Lane, Sandys, was given a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty to using offensive words in a public place.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told the court Police were called to the Salvation Army housing centre on Parsons Road on Wednesday, when Sousa refused to leave.

Sousa, a former resident of the shelter, had been banned from the premises after being found drinking alcohol.

But Mrs. Smith said officers found him in the laundry area.

He was eventually persuaded to leave but shouted obscenities at the officers as they drove away.

Mrs. Smith said Sousa screamed "F..k you, you skinny black bastard'' at one of the officers.

Police returned and cautioned Sousa. But he continued shouting verbal abuse and was arrested.

"I'd like to apologise for my dirty mouth,'' he told Senior Magistrate Will Francis. "I'm very sorry, I don't even remember saying it. I'm not prejudiced.'' PSYCHIATRIC REPORT IS ORDERED CTS Psychiatric report is ordered Senior Magistrate Will Francis this week ordered a psychiatric report for a man who threatened to slit another man's throat open earlier this year.

Laurie Burrows, 25, of Devon Springs Lane, Devonshire, pleaded guilty to assaulting Michael Tucker, having an offensive weapon, and using threatening behaviour on March 7.

The court heard that Burrows tormented Tucker inside a Reid Street nightclub.

Burrows approached Tucker, screamed abuse at him and punched him in the face.

Tucker hit Burrows about the head with a wine glass.

Burrows -- naked from the waist up -- confronted Tucker outside the club armed with a knife, and told him: "I'm going to slit your throat.'' Police later found a bleeding Burrows outside the club at 5.45 a.m.

Mr. Francis read a social inquiry report which recommended a further psychiatric report.

Burrows is to reappear in Magistrates' Court on June 8. He was released from court on $500 bail with a like surety.

NOT GUILTY TO `OFFENSIVE WEAPON' CTS Not guilty to `offensive weapon' A Warwick man will stand trial this summer for allegedly having an offensive weapon -- a can of Baygon bug spray and a cigarette lighter.

Hyman Arnold Bartley, 40, of Upland Lane, sharply answered Senior Magistrate Will Francis when he was asked if he remembered the incident on May 3.

"Yeah, I had a packet of cigarettes too! Not guilty,'' Bartley said.

He also pleaded not guilty to assaulting a Police officer while she was in the execution of her duty and violently resisting arrest.

Mr. Francis set down a trial date of August 27.