Edward VII Memorial Hospital's Intensive Care Unit after he sustained stab wounds to his chest, arm, and pelvic area.

Police said the man was stabbed during a fight with another man at a residence on Reid Street in Hamilton around 9.30 Wednesday night.

A 31-year-old Smith's Parish man is in Police custody in connection with the incident and a Magistrates' Court appearance is expected soon.

RAPE REPORT: MAN HELD CRM Rape report: man held Police are investigating the alleged rape of a 30-year-old Smith's Parish woman at her residence during the early hours of Wednesday.

A 34-year-old Warwick man has been arrested and will appear in Magistrates' Court in due course.

STAG PARTY ENDS IN A MELEE CRM Staf party ends in a melee A pre-wedding stag party last Friday night ended in a Front Street melee that left the groom and best man with black eyes and the bride's brother with a fractured hand.

Groom Mr. Keith Davis, who was married at the Bermuda Cathedral on Sunday, said he didn't really know how the brawl began.

"Some blokes were walking down the road shouting things at my brother-in-law,'' he said. "I don't really know how it started. All I know is there was more of them than us.'' Mr. Davis, who works as a stone specialist on the Cathedral restoration project, tried to downplay the event that landed them in the hospital for checks.

Mr. Davis, who will honeymoon on the Island, has been in Bermuda working on the Cathedral for eight months. He thought the project would be finished in another month.

FLICK KNIFE COST TEENAGER $200 CTS Flick knife cost teenager $200 A 16-year-old Pembroke resident caught with a prohibited weapon was fined $200 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Jermaine Orr, of Swan's Bay Hill, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to having a flick knife, a prohibited weapon, on April 11.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said officers spotted Orr on Court Street at 8.35 p.m.

He said the officers stopped the youth as he appeared nervous and began fidgeting with something in the waistband of his track suit bottoms.

Insp. Duffy said because of Orr's behaviour and the area he was in, the officers decided to search him on suspicion of drug possession. It was during the search that they found the knife.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis ordered that the weapon be retained and destroyed.

MOTORCYCLIST ON DRINK CHARGE CTS Motorcyclist on drink charge A 37-year-old St. George's man will appear before court shortly after being stopped for alleged impaired driving on North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish, on Wednesday night.

Police say the man, who was riding a motorcycle, refused to take the alco-analyser test.

OFFENSIVE WORDS MAN FINED $100 CTS Offensive words man fined $100 A 40-year-old in Magistrates' Court was yesterday fined $100 after he pleaded guilty to using offensive words in public.

Edwin Broadley of Princess Street, Pembroke, admitted he swore while on Princess Street on April 18. However he said he was not swearing to officers present at the time, but to a man who walked into his home uninvited.

"The individual walked into my door and my lady friend was there looking at television,'' he said. "I was cursing at the guy about walking into my building.'' Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said officers on patrol saw Broadley sitting in the area and stopped to observe his actions.

He said Broadley then told the officers: "Get off my corner'', before swearing.

NEEDED CLOTHES CRM Needed clothes A washing line thief fled with two pairs of blue jeans, a jump suit, and shorts, from a house at Long Ridge Pass, Devonshire, on Wednesday.