deaf ears on Tuesday.

"Everybody wants me locked up; I suggest you just go ahead and lock me up,'' Richard Larry Brangman told the Wor. John Judge. "If you would see fit to give me 20 years, I would appreciate it.'' Brangman, who was described as "obsessed'' with a female employee at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, is to be sentenced on March 16 after he pleaded guilty yesterday to trespassing and escaping Police custody at the hospital on Monday.

Mr. Judge asked for a social inquiry and a psychiatric report, but rejected the request for a 20-year prison term. He told Brangman it was his job to dispense justice.

Brangman, 35, of Coral Lane, Paget, was released on $500 bail and again ordered to stay away from the hospital except for medical treatment.

Insp. Peter Duffy said Brangman "seems to be obsessed with this unfortunate lady'' who works at the hospital. Their relationship ended last October, but Brangman "won't admit to himself that the relationship is over,'' Insp. Duffy said.

Brangman is banned from visiting the woman at home or work, and banned from the hospital except for medical treatment, Insp. Duffy said.

At about 1.45 p.m. on Monday, Brangman approached the woman in the hospital car park. He said his mother was in the hospital and he needed advice, Insp.

Duffy said. The woman said she did not want to see Brangman, but he persisted, and she finally gave him a lift to South Shore Road and Point Finger Road.

At 3.15 p.m. Brangman returned to the hospital and demanded to speak to the woman, but left after she threatened to call security, Insp. Duffy said.

Brangman returned to the hospital a third time and knocked on the door of the woman's office, he said. This time, Police were called.

Brangman told Police "he was only visiting his mother'', Insp. Duffy said.

Brangman has two previous convictions for unlawful entry of the woman's house and received a suspended prison sentence for assaulting her in 1992.

Brangman said he wanted to be placed in prison or a mental hospital because he is "frustrated and mentally tired''.

"Nothing is working out,'' he said. "I'm up to here in debt...My mama is dying...The dog won't stop barking.'' The last comment provoked laughter in the courtroom, but Mr. Judge called for order. "Mr. Brangman is here in an unfortunate state,'' he said. "He's not here as a laughing stock.''