a trial date set next Wednesday -- more than a year after he was arrested.

The news came as Archie Warner, lawyer for accused Justis Smith, revealed he had now been given results of forensic and DNA tests carried out at a Royal Canadian Mounted Police lab.

Mr. Warner said: "They have given me a whole pile of information which I had requested.

"I haven't had a lot of time to look at it -- but I will be looking at it in detail very soon to see what it's all about.'' And he predicted a trial date for Smith would be set at the next Supreme Court arraignments session.

Smith, of Deepdale Road, Pembroke, is charged with the premedidated murder of Canadian visitor Rebecca Middleton, 17.

It is alleged Smith murdered Ms Middleton in the early hours of July 3 last year on Ferry Road, St. George's.

He was charged with the offence along with Kirk Mundy, 21, who later admitted to be an accomplice after the fact. Mundy was jailed for five years last autumn.

If convicted of the offence, Smith, aged 17 at the time of the alleged offence, could face the death penalty.

AMERICAN LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY CTS American lawyer pleads guilty An American lawyer found himself before the bench during his honeymoon in Bermuda.

Perry Y. Young, 31, of New York, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates' Court to possessing cannabis.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said Customs officers searched Young's cabin, who was a passenger aboard the cruise ship Song of America , at 11.45 a.m. on September 23 at Penno's Wharf in St. George's.

The search turned up two plastic bags containing plant material and a half-smoked homemade cigarette.

Young was arrested and taken to St. George's Police Station where the contents of the plastic bags and cigarette were found to be 9.4 grams of cannabis.

Young, who was ordered to pay an $800 fine, said he would not soon forget the lesson learned nor his honeymoon.

SMITH'S MAN BANNED FROM DRIVING CTS Smith's man banned from driving A 30-year-old Smith's Parish man yesterday pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving while impaired.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said Police saw Bruno Richard, of Harvey Hill Road, riding at high speeds and swerving along Middle Road, near Parsons Lane in Devonshire, on September 6.

Police followed Richard and pulled him over on Middle Road, near Hermitage Road.

Sgt. Taylor said they noticed that Richard was unsteady on his feet and his breath smelled of alcohol.

After admitting that he had been drinking, Richard was taken to Hamilton Police Station where he agreed to give a breath sample.

The lower reading showed that he had 158 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered Richard to pay a $450 fine and banned him from driving all motor vehicles for a year.