admitting they rode auxiliary cycles while disqualified by age.

Magistrate Carlisle Greaves handed down the bans last week on a Southampton boy after he admitted riding an unlicensed cycle while underage and without third party insurance.

The boy's mother said "something had gone off in his head'' when her otherwise well behaved 15-year-old rode his cycle on Camp Hill Road, on April 8.

Around 2 p.m. he collided with a wall and had a serious fracture of his left knee, a dislocated right hip, and a large gash to his right shin.

He was fined $250 for riding the unlicensed cycle, and $500 for not having third party insurance. Mr. Greaves gave him two weeks and one month respectively to pay the fines.

And a 15-year-old Pembroke girl was banned for one year after she admitted riding while underage at 56 kph at Crow Lane on April 9.

The girl apologised for her actions and her parents told Mr. Greaves she would have to pay back her $150 fine.

Mr. Greaves told both that riding without insurance is reprehensible because an innocent person may be left with astronomical bills or serious injuries without compensation.

He told the boy: "This is serious business. It scares me, imagine me going home now crippled without a cheque coming in.'' SHOPLIFTING TEENS BEFORE THE COURTS CTS Shoplifting teens before the courts A Family Court Magistrate has ordered two social inquiry reports on two teenagers who admitted they stole from the Phoenix store in June.

On Wednesday, a 15-year-old Warwick boy admitted stealing the pornographic Gallery Special and Playboy magazines worth $17.40.

And he told Magistrate Carlisle Greaves he intended to sell them to friends and said he acted aggressively toward Police when he was arrested because they grabbed him by the neck.

Mr. Greaves heard that at 4.45 p.m. a security officer saw him put the magazines in his lunch bag and walk out of the store.

Prosecutor Peter Giles added: "While he is not charged with offensive words Your Worship, he was none too pleased and refused to answer specific questions.'' The Bermuda Drug Company's stringent anti-shoplifting patrols also nabbed a 15-year-old Pembroke girl on June 23.

She admitted dropping bottles of Clairol's Nice and Easy and Revlon's Dark and Lovely hair colouring in her helmet and walking out of the store.

The girl told Mr. Greaves she and her friends wanted to colour their hair to attend a beach party.

The pair will be sentenced on October 20 after Mr. Greaves reads the social inquiry reports.

GANJA GROWER ORDERED TO MOVE CTS Ganja grower ordered to move A married Warwick man was ordered by the court to leave his apartment before an upcoming drugs offence trial.

Stephen Barry Paynter was appearing in Magistrates' Court late last week for allegedly growing marijuana in a greenhouse. The court heard Police, acting on information, went to Paynter's apartment and saw him reaping the ganja leaves.

When he was approached by Police, Paynter escaped by running.

Prosecuting Crown Counsel Patrick Doherty told the court Paynter said he was going to kill his neighbour for being a Police informant. The court heard that witnesses were concerned about their safety following the threat.

After considering the difficulty for surrounding apartment dwellers and the all the circumstances, magistrate Archibald Warner made the order for Paynter to live elswhere.

Paynter was bailed for $2,000 with the condition that he does not reside at his apartment on Keith Hall Lane, Warwick. He is not to interfere with witnesses in the case and he is to provide an address for the court.

Lawyer Mark Pettingill is representing the accused who pleaded not guilty to the offence. He was scheduled to return before the magistrate today.