wheel found himself $300 poorer yesterday.

Magistrates' Court heard Antoine Irvine Lee, 19, fell asleep while driving his Hyundai car on Church Street, in Hamilton, on April 30.

Junior Crown counsel Veronica Daley said the car shifted to the right and and hit a truck parked on the south of the street. The rear of the truck and Lee's car were damaged.

Lee, of Loyal Hill Crescent, Devonshire, admitted driving without due car and attention. He made no statement to the court.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined him $300.

ALABAMA CAUGHT DRINKING ON SQUARE CTS Alabama caught drinking on square A drunk told a Magistrate this week of his surprise when a young female Police officer caught him drinking in the street.

Magistrates' Court heard Police spoke to Alvin (Alabama) Anderson at 11.15 a.m. on September 7 in Customs House Square, St. George's, and warned him it was illegal to drink alcohol in a public place.

Anderson, 58, who was carrying a brown paper bag, assured the officers he would not be drinking.

Junior Crown counsel Veronica Daley said the officers then saw Anderson walk off and take two drinks from a bottle of rum in the brown paper bag.

She said Anderson, who lives with his mother in Old Wells Lane, St. George's, at first denied he had been drinking.

Anderson, who pleaded guilty to being drunk and incapable in a public street, told Senior Magistrate Will Francis: "A lady approached me and saw the bottle in my hand. I didn't look behind and I didn't know how she saw me drinking.'' Fining Anderson $300, Mr. Francis said: "You thought she was new and green, but she wasn't as green as you thought.'' FINE FOR DAMAGING LANDLADY'S HOUSE CTS Fine for damaging landlady's house A woman, who damaged her former landlady's house in a rage when she was collecting her belongings to leave, has been fined $300.

Magistrates' Court heard that Jerrika Quaddriyah Jacobs began battering a blind at Velvet Stephens' house on Alexander Road, Devonshire, until slates fell from the roof.

Junior Crown counsel Veronica Daley said Jacobs, 23, formerly resided with Mrs. Stephens. At 10 p.m. on June 9 she came to collect belongings.

She said as Mrs. Stephens went inside to get the last of Jacobs' clothes, the defendant's demeanour changed and she started banging on the blind until slates were falling from the roof.

Jacobs, now of Valley Heights, Devonshire, admitted wilfully and unlawfully damaging property.

She claimed in court that Mrs. Stephens "provoked me and I went too far. She was throwing my stuff out on the porch and wouldn't let me come inside to get my things''.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis said it was clear there was ill will on both sides.

He ordered Jacobs to pay a $300 fine, which included $192 to cover the cost of the damage to the blind.

SITTING IN HIS CAR DRUNK COST HIM CTS Sitting in his car drunk cost him A warehouseman who pulled his car over to the side of the road after he had been drinking has received a one-year ban for driving while impaired.

Magistrates' Court yesterday heard that Police found Carlton Emery sitting in his Subaru car in a layby in Southampton on August 12 with the seat reclined.

The keys were in the ignition and the engine was still running.

The officers discovered Emery's eyes were glazed and he smelled of alcohol, prosecutor Veronica Daley said.

Emery, 27, of Morgan's Hill, Sandys Parish, said he had drunk just one Heineken beer, said Mrs. Daley.

When he was cautioned by Police, he replied: "I've done this several times before and been all right.'' He was taken to Hamilton Police Station and tested. The test showed he had 83 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Emery pleaded guilty to driving while impaired. Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined him $400 and banned him from driving all motor vehicles for a year.