beach.

They carried out masturbation and oral sex on a secluded area of the South Shore.

The two men, a 21-year-old Israeli and a 30-year-old American, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to committing an act of gross indecency. They were fined $500 each.

Prosecuting, Sgt. Kenrick James told the court that on Monday at 5.10 p.m.

plain clothes Police officers were on patrol on a stretch of beach just east of Stonehole Bay on South Shore Road in Warwick.

"The Police officers, who were concealed behind a rock, saw two men standing on the beach.

"They observed the men, who are guests of the Horizon cruise ship and the Warwick Villa apartments having a conversation and cuddling with each other.

One man was standing behind the other rubbing his hands over the other man's body.

"The officers then saw one man rubbing the other's genitals through his shorts.'' Sgt. James added that the men started kissing and masturbating each other.

"Officers saw one man pull down his bathing trunks allowing the other to perform oral sex.

"The two men hugged and kissed each other ... "When approached by the Police the men said: `No please, don't'...'' Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis asked if either man had anything to say.

The younger man replied: "I'd like to apologise. Had I known someone was able to see us I would not have done anything. We were on a small part of the beach behind the rocks.'' THIEVES RAID BERMUDA COLLEGE CRM Thieves raid Bermuda College Thieves went on a rampage at the Bermuda College in Roberts Avenue over the weekend.

Police reported yesterday that a telephone box in the lobby area was forced open and eggs were thrown at the canteen wall.

Would-be thieves also damaged a storage shed door at the BASA pool at Saltus Grammar School. Food and equipment is kept in the shed, but Police said a solid lock prevented them from breaking in.

Thieves were more successful at a home on Harvey Hill Road.

From there they made off with a child's sterling silver piggy bank shaped like a football, containing three dollars, as well as a wallet containing cheques and credit cards.

A hammer was also reported stolen from a building site on Crossland Lane, Pembroke some time over the weekend.

MAN FACES SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES CTS Man faces sexual assault charges A 35-year-old man was yesterday charged with four counts of sexual assault to his live-in girlfriend.

The Pembroke man did not have to enter a plea in Magistrates' Court to charges of unlawful assault, having carnal knowledge against the law of nature, serious sexual assault, and further sexual assault.

He told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis the complainant was his former live-in girlfriend and fiancee.

"We were living together at the time this occurred. She continued to live with me after the alleged incident.'' Mr. Francis remanded the man in custody until his next mention in two weeks.

Under reporting restrictions which came into effect on June 1, 1993, it is illegal for The Royal Gazette to print the defendant's name.

BOY MISSING POL Boy missing A 12-year-old Hamilton Parish boy has gone missing from his home on Kitty Drive, Police reported yesterday.

Michael Jones was last seen wearing a white T-shirt around 2 p.m. on Monday when he collected some clothes from home. He is about 4 feet 10 inches tall, of slim build and brown-skinned.

Anyone with information about the boy should call P.c. Heidi Roberts at 295-0011.