A man had traffic fines converted to time in custody yesterday after he was remanded over several breaches of his bail conditions.

Xymiko Williams, 20, had been granted bail after being charged in July, alongside others, with robbery, Magistrates’ Court heard.

As part of his bail, Mr Williams was ordered to sign in at Hamilton Police Station every week.

However, according to Kael London, for the Crown, Mr Williams had failed to appear once in August and three times in September.

Mr London said the defendant was eventually arrested and brought back to court, where he was warned against failure to appear and granted bail once again.

He added that Mr Williams breached bail again, failing to report five times in December and never appearing in January.

Mr London said Mr Williams also failed to appear in court to receive disclosure and face other charges.

Police once again arrested Mr Williams, this time at his Warwick home.

Mr London told magistrate Maria Sofianos that Mr Williams should have his bail revoked and be remanded in custody until his trail.

Nicole Smith, for the defence, argued that her client had all of the dates that he was supposed to appear in court and at Hamilton Police Station on a slip of paper that he lost.

She added that her client was young and that remanding him could risk putting him in proximity with serious criminals.

However, Ms Sofianos reminded the court that Mr Williams had $3,585 in outstanding traffic fines from a previous incident.

She explained that these fines would translate to nearly a year of jail time, but added that Mr Williams would only serve 90 days imprisonment if they ran concurrently.

Ms Sofianos remanded Mr Williams in custody until his trial date on July 6, with 90 days of his imprisonment counting as time served for his unpaid fines.

In a separate incident, Mr Williams pleaded not guilty to disqualified driving, driving without third party insurance and riding an unlicensed motorcycle.

The offences were alleged to have happened on November 16 in Warwick.

Ms Sofianos adjourned the case until February 7 and remanded him in custody.

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