A former Cablevision employee who seriously injured a cyclist earlier this year when driving drunk admitted causing grievous bodily harm.

William Donald Roberts, an expatriate worker from Birmingham, Alabama, who has lived in Bermuda for over 17 years, was driving along Court Street on January 26 when he ploughed into Steven Leonard after losing control of his vehicle.

At the Supreme Court arraignment session on Friday morning Roberts pleaded not guilty to another charge of dangerous driving.

Bail was extended by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons and Roberts will reappear for mention on May 2 when a sentencing date will be set.

In another case, a man with a history of drinking problems admitted breaking a two-year probation order to stay away from alcohol, sports grounds and bars.

Nikia Javon Burchall, a self-confessed alcoholic, was issued with the order on August 28, 2004, after pleading guilty to repeatedly beating Antonio Francis with a pool cue at Devonshire Recreation Club in May of the same year ? an alcohol fuelled attack.

Burchall broke the order when he interrupted a football game at Somerset Cricket Club on December 1 last year by wandering drunkenly on to the pitch and shouting abuse at linesman Antoine Augustus.

Appearing before Mrs. Justice Simmons, Burchall pleaded guilty to violating the probation order and committing offences against public morality ? before being remanded into custody to await sentencing on April 29.