stuck his middle finger at them.

Instead, he claimed he was gesturing in frustration after being disconnected while ringing from a public call box.

But Police disbelieved him, and arrested him in Marsh Valley Road, Sgt.

Kenrick James, told Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Salah, of Glebe Road, Pembroke, told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis he had "thrown up'' his hands after being disconnected.

But he rejected Mr. Francis' offer for him to change his plea of guilty to making an offensive gesture. He was fined $100.