Letter of the law

A 46-year-old man was sentenced to 90 days in prison for sleeping inside Hamilton Post Office and having drug equipment.

Keith Peniston, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to breaching a no trespassing sign and possession of drug equipment yesterday.

Crown counsel Shakira Dill told the court how on Sunday Police found Peniston sleeping inside the post office near a no trespassing sign. And on May 12, Police found a plastic Bacardi bottle with a hole in it on him.

When asked what it was Peniston said: “It's a pipe. I'm a drug addict, so what?”

The bottle was found to have traces of cocaine on it.

Peniston has numerous convictions for trespassing in the Hamilton Post Office.

Holiday behind bars

A 21-year-old man will be spending the holiday in custody after Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves refused to grant the three-time offender bail for an alleged robbery.

John Glasgow stands accused of the indictable offence of robbing Allen Robinson on December 12.

The alleged victim in the case was violently robbed of $600.

Taking Glasgow's previous criminal convictions into consideration, Mr. Greaves decided to remand him in custody until January 7 when he will appear for mention.

Attempted GBH

A man charged with attempting to do grievous bodily harm to another has been sent to Supreme Court.

Antoine Stanley Perinchief, of Glebe Road, Pembroke, was also charged with unlawfully wounding his victim. The charges are indictable, and Perinchief, 39, was released on $2,500 bail with a surety and the promise of staying away from the alleged victim.

He will appear in Supreme Court on January 7.