Drug Court was unrelenting for some and forgiving to others as the weekly assessment of clients appeared before Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves yesterday.

Mr. Greaves dealt with several people who were in the Drug Treatment Court programme to be given a progress assessment, delivering his wrath upon a Warwick man, who was kicked out of the programme and into prison for testing positive for drug use.

Alfred Mallory, of Swansville Drive, was entered into the Drug Court programme as an alternative to answering to cocaine and heroin possession charges earlier this year.

However, case managers for the 32-year-old Mallory, said that he tested positive on several occasions for cocaine and heroin, as recent as yesterday morning and had missed curfew times that were set for him.

And Bermuda Assessment Referral Centre representatives said Mallory showed no interest in being a part of drug rehabilitation.

Mallory, simply told Mr. Greaves that he tried his hardest to combat drugs, but could not.

Mr. Greaves said: "I have had enough of you. You have had more chances and more sanctions than anyone else here. You continue to lie, you continue to use drugs - I have had enough of this."

Mr. Greaves sentenced Mallory to 12 months in prison for the previous charges of possession as well as failing the drug assessment.

"Drug Court is not an escape tune," Mr. Greaves said. "Let that be a lesson to you and to others who think they can mess with this programme."

Meanwhile, another man, who, having completed the treatment programme and cannot be named for legal reasons, got rousing applause from the court's gallery for his effort at 64 days of being drug and alcohol free.

And Mr. Greaves dismissed a $50 traffic fine that the 41-year-old man received as a sign of good will.

"It's not a lot," Mr. Greaves explained. "But these days, with the kind of war path I am on - men are going to jail these days. So, it is something."

And Earlston Eugene Phipps, of Town Hill, Smith's Parish appeared in Drug Court for the first time.

The 47-year-old Phipps was allowed into the programme after case managers recommend he receive treatment for a 20 year addiction to cocaine and heroin.

Phipps, who was in custody for stealing $65,000 from his father to support the cocaine and heroin habit, was remanded in custody for further assessment. He will reappear on January 2.