scissors, was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge.

But Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl Ann Mapp warned Warwick Secondary student Oshea Tucker not to come before the courts again.

Tucker, of Brooklyn Lane, Pembroke, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to 16-year-old Hadley Eugene Tucker.

The incident occurred on March 27 after the two teenagers argued over an umbrella.

A fight broke out in the school's workroom and Tucker stabbed his schoolmate twice in the right thigh after being gripped in a head lock.

The scissors lacerated one of Hadley's arteries and required treatment at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

But Oshea Tucker's lawyer Mr. Tim Marshall noted his client, who had the scissors before the incident, only struck out because he felt vulnerable and frustrated as a result of his schoolmate grabbing him by the neck.

"He recognises fully it was not the right thing to do and it could have been quite serious,'' Mr. Marshall said. "He did everything he could possibly do to remedy his wrong to his friend and he apologised.'' He said the act was totally out of character for his client, who, in his final year of high school, has plans to further his education.

A social inquiry report, prepared by probation officer Mr. Vincent Ratteray, confirmed this.

Before passing sentence, Mrs. Mapp told Tucker she took into consideration his age, mitigation by Mr. Marshall, and the social inquiry report.

"Mr. Ratteray feels you are a person who is salvageable,'' she said, adding she wished Tucker well with furthering his studies and did not want to see him back in court.