A Pembroke man appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday, accused of using a machete to smash a counter-top at a Court Street bar.

Thomas Minors, 53, of Glebe Road, pleaded not guilty to having an offensive weapon in a public place and causing wilful and unlawful damage on May 26, at the Spinning Wheel night-club.

Minors, who is being represented by lawyer Rick Woolridge, will stand trial at Magistrates' Court on June 15 and was remanded into custody by Acting Magistrate Justin Williams.

However, Minors pleaded guilty to having care and control over a motor vehicle while impaired on Court Street and refusing to give Police a breath sample.

Mr. Williams fined him $1,000 relating to the driving charges.