a stolen motorcycle.

Keevon Jomar Trott, 21, of Alexander Road, had also failed to appear in court on December 16 for traffic offences, January 10 for stealing a vehicle and March 2 for assault.

He also had $2,410 in outstanding fines which dated back to August, 1998.

A social inquiry report was ordered for Trott after he pleaded guilty to receiving the stolen motorcycle but he did not make himself adequately available to probation services and it was never completed.

Trott said in court: "Your honour, I have never stolen any bikes. I should have known the bike was stolen.'' Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner noted that Trott was given the opportunity to speak to probation services so that the court could be assisted in sentencing with a social inquiry report but failed to comply with the requirements.

"I'm going to consider all this foolishness before me, the fact that you don't pay fines, and the fact that you don't come to court,'' said Mr. Warner.

He then imposed a six month prison sentence.

Trott said he had just had a baby girl and did not understand why he was going to prison. "For what?'' he asked. "I received a stolen bike. What is that?'' Mr. Warner replied that Trott had total disregard for the courts and the law.

When asked when the prison term started, he said: "Right now.'' On the subject of the outstanding fines, Trott told Mr. Warner he had just started work and needed time to pay.

But Mr. Warner told him he had total contempt for the system, as Trott had been given more chances than the average person to pay his fines.

"I don't believe that you will come back and pay your fines,'' said Mr.

Warner. "You must pay them today or get locked up.'' Trott was then asked to enter a plea for four traffic offences which stemmed from an incident on December 5.

He admitted speeding that day on Middle Road in Devonshire at 69 kilometres per hour and was fined $300 and was disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months.

At that time he did not have a driver's license and was fined a further $100.

Two further charges, of using a fraudulent license plate and a fraudulent sticker, were withdrawn.

Trott is due to appear in court again for trial on April 25 for the alleged assault and on July 7 for allegedly stealing a bike.

REPORT ORDERED FOR MAN WHO STOLE FROM FAMILY CTS Report ordered for man who stole from family A social inquiry report was last week ordered for a Devonshire man who stole from his family to support his drug habit.

Troy Anthony Commissiong, 38, of Brackish Pond Lane pleaded guilty to several incidents of stealing from his mother and brother between March 29 and April 7.

Commissiong admitted entering his mother's locked bedroom while she was away on holiday and stealing some bed linen, an 18 carat gold bracelet and an 18 carat gold chain, which were worth a total of $5,000.

Commissiong also pleaded guilty to a string of offences relating to stealing and forging cheques belonging to his mother and brother which he used at Belvin's Grocery and at Lindo's Market Ltd. in Devonshire.

Police arrested Commissiong on April 17.

When asked if he had anything to say, Commissiong apologised to all concerned.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner replied: "It seems that for me to effectively deal with this I need more than an apology.'' He added that this was not a "one off'' problem and he needed some guidance, so he ordered a social inquiry report and set a date of May 31 for sentencing.

Commissiong had also missed a March court date to answer to a speeding charge from February 5 when he was caught travelling on Middle Road in Devonshire at 58 kilometres per hour.

He pleaded guilty and was fined $215 before being released on $1,000 bail.