spend the next three years in prison.

Christopher Shabazz Makee Robinson, of Berkeley Road, Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court yesterday to multiple charges of breaking and entering, and wilfully and unlawfully damaging Police property.

Crown counsel Leighton Rochester said Robinson's first offence stemmed from a May 1996 incident.

A security guard at the Coral Beach properties in Paget witnessed Robinson attempting to enter the window of a guest cottage.

But Robinson was unable to raise the window beyond a security position.

The would-be burglar then used a stick to try to pull items through the slightly opened window.

Mr. Rochester said Robinson was detained by the security guard, but later escaped.

He was arrested a few weeks after the attempted robbery and admitted being on the property with the intention to steal.

But he denied ever attempting to steal items from the cottage.

"I have nothing to say, I am an innocent man,'' Robinson reportedly told Police.

He was next arrested on 23 March, 1998 for three separate incidents.

Mr. Rochester said Robinson removed window panes to gain access to the home of his upstairs neighbour around noonday on August 23, 1997. He stole a piggy bank containing $20 in change.

And while in Police custody at the Somerset Police Station, Robinson caused $225 worth of damage by ripping a fire detector from the ceiling of his jail cell.

On September 9, 1997, Robinson -- a previous employee of Eve's Cycles -- forced his way into the company show room and stole two new Scarabeo scooters valued at $3,270 each.

And on October 9, 1997 Robinson stole $2,965 worth of goods including a VCR, cash, jewellery and a passport from a Smiths' Parish home.

The total value of the goods stolen by Robinson was $9,660. None of the items have since been recovered.

Defence lawyer Mark Petingill told the court Robinson, a skilled labourer, had been struggling to find permanent employment.

And he said the 29 year old had been driven to commit the crimes in an attempt to support his two young children.

Chief Justice Austin Ward sentenced Robinson to 18 months imprisonment for the hotel incident, two years for the August 97 incident, one year for the damage caused to the Police station.

He also sentenced him to three years for the cycle theft and three years for theft from the Smiths' Parish home.

The sentences are to run concurrently.