corrective training after he admitted stealing a cellular phone, assaulting two youths and removing a cycle.

Paco Fubler of Sunset View, pleaded guilty to the charges in Magistrates' Court this week.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Earl Kirby said Police officers noticed Fubler riding a motorcycle north on Berkeley Road without a helmet on June 26. He turned right on Mount Hill, jumped off the cycle, and ran off.

After his arrest he admitted he stole the cycle from a parking space on Serpentine Road.

Fubler was also charged with riding without either insurance or a driver's licence.

On July 15 around 10.45 p.m. cousins Christopher and Anthony Smith were travelling west on Parsons Road when they stopped outside the National Stadium to let a crowd cross the road.

Immediately afterward six men attacked them including Fubler.

He hit Christopher Smith with his fist and a crash helmet causing damage to the cycle. Anthony, the pillion passenger, managed to run away and was chased.

Meanwhile Christopher was beaten across his face and body and fell to the ground unconscious and had to be hospitalised.

He suffered swelling to both eyes, his jaw and rib cage while Anthony had minor injuries to his body.

The Yamaha V50 cycle they were riding had $258 worth of damage.

In a third incident on September 9, Fubler approached John Jeffries on Court Street with three other men, and asked him for a dollar.

Jeffries said he did not have the money and tried to continue walking. At that point Fubler grabbed his waist pouch while another man swung a hammer forcing Jeffries to retreat in order to avoid being hit.

Fubler was able to escape with the pouch which he searched. Having taken out the contents, he then ran his hands over Jeffries' body and removed his cellular phone.

He passed it to another man who ran off with it. The phone, Sgt. Kirby said, was worth $475. It was never returned.

Fubler also pleaded guilty to driving a cycle out of St. Augustine's Church yard without signalling and collided with another motorist.

He later admitted to Police that he was not paying proper attention to the rules of the road.

When asked why he committed the string of offences, Fubler told Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis that he was drunk and out of control.

"It seems clear to me that you are a danger to the public whenever you drink,'' the magistrate said. "I sentenced you to perform community service in March.

"You have not even started that. It appears there is only one course left.'' Before passing sentence, Fubler's lawyer Mr. Michael Scott said a period of corrective training was preferable to a prison sentence.

Mr. Francis imposed a $200 fine for the due care offence, and ordered a period of corrective training.

"The length of time you spend there is all up to you,'' he said. "I hope you come out of this more motivated and together than you are now. That's all I can hope for you.''