Magistrates' Court yesterday after admitting using fireworks.

Duncan H. Zelkin, 19, who became the Island's youngest amateur champion in June, pleaded guilty to possessing and using explosives.

Fireworks were covered under the Explosive Substances Act, Police prosecutor Sgt. Peter Giles told the court.

Zelkin of Middle Road, Southampton, admitted he used the fireworks on a boat off Warwick on July 17.

Marine Police received a report of "flares or fireworks'' and found Zelkin with several other young people on a group of boats. "There was something of a party going on,'' Sgt. Giles said.

Zelkin produced two Black Magic Pop Rocket fireworks and admitted he set the others off. He bought five while away at school and returned to the Island with them, he said.

Lawyer Mr. Kim White said the offence was due to "youthful indiscretion''. He asked for a conditional discharge, noting Zelkin had no prior record, cooperated with Police, and pleaded guilty.

"In Bermuda now, these things are illegal,'' Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis told Zelkin. "I hope and trust that you have learned a lesson as a result of this.'' YOUNG CYCLE THIEF GIVEN A BREAK CTS A glowing social inquiry report prompted a Magistrate to give a young cycle thief a conditional discharge on Monday. Mark Ian Lightbourn, 16, of Collectors Hill in Smith's, stole a Yamaha auxiliary cycle in Devonshire on January 30, court was told.

The cycle, which belonged to Saadi Shaya, had a value of $1,800. Between February 19 and 22, Lightbourn stole a carburettor and breather in Smith's Parish, court was told. The parts, worth $150, belonged to Renato Dilorio.

Mr. Mark Pettingill, Lightbourn's lawyer, said his client went through a phase many boys do when "bikes go to their heads''.

"He is fully aware now more than ever of the seriousness with which the courts view young men behaving in this type of irresponsible way,'' Mr.

Pettingill said.

Lightbourn admitted his guilt and assisted the authorities, he said. He also apologised to the owner of one of the cycles and paid back the insurance company.

The youth came from "a particularly good family,'' which was with him in court, but was employed and raised most of the money himself, Mr. Pettingill said. In addition to the 12-month conditional discharges on the theft charges, Magistrate the Wor. John Judge fined Lightbourn $150 for driving while disqualified and handed him a six-month licence suspension. He also fined Lightbourn $100 for driving without third-party insurance.

Both driving offences occurred on June 13 on Reid Street.

SOCIAL INQUIRY REPORT ORDERED FOR THIEF CTS A 25-year-old man with an extensive record of burglary and breaking and entering offences pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of breaking and entering with intent to steal.

Senior Magistrate, the Wor. Will Francis ordered Coltrane Ratteray, of Lusher Hill, Warwick, to be remanded in Police custody until the completion of a social inquiry report.

Mr. Francis heard that on June 21, Ratteray broke into the Astwood Cove apartment of James E. Murphy and Janet McLaughlin and stole a wallet containing items worth $185.

He also broke into the apartment of James Ziral and stole a wallet containing items worth $196.

Mr. Francis also heard that on August 11 Ratteray stole a wallet belonging to Lois Riley containing valuables worth $1,742.66.

A further charge of assault against a Police officer was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

Police Sgt. Rex Osborne, prosecuting, said Ratteray had an extensive Police record for prowling and breaking and entering dating back to January, 1986.

Mr. Francis gave Ratteray full credit for his guilty plea and remanded him into Police custody until September 8.

PEMBROKE MAN FINED OVER $2,000 CTS A 27-year-old Pembroke man, who admitted profiting from stolen bike part sales, was ordered to pay fines totalling more than $2,000 in Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Albert E. Allen, of Parson's Road, pleaded guilty of failing to pay a fine of $850, stealing two plastic covers worth $45, possessing an offensive weapon, assaulting a Police officer, and stealing a motorcycle and driving while disqualified.

The motorcycle Allen stole on May 20 was a Yamaha worth $800 and belonged to Joan Wade.

An off-duty officer spotted Allen just after midnight outside a restaurant on Reid Street trying to remove parts from the motorcycle which was unlocked and unattended, prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osborne said.

When confronted, Allen said the motorcycle was his.

And after further questioning, Allen tried to strike the officer in the chest with a hatchet.

Following a struggle, Allen was disarmed by the officer and a member of the public.

Sgt. Osborne also said a woman parked her bike at the City Hall parking lot on April 28 and returned to discover it missing.

One June 3, plainclothes Police spotted Allen sitting on the bike which he then attempted to ride off down Front Street, Sgt. Osborne said.

The next morning the cycle was spotted on Princess Street, and the defendant proceeded to escape over a wall.

The motorcycle was then impounded by Police and Allen was later arrested.

When asked if he had anything to say in court, Allen replied: "I can't win, no one wants to give me a job. I'm not a big time thief and I left drugs alone.

"It seems that I should go back to selling drugs because then I would have money.

"No one wants to give me a job. I tell the truth when they ask if I have a Police record and they don't give me a job. But if I don't tell them they'll find out later and I'll get fired, so I can't win.

"I have a daughter and I'm not going to let her starve, I'll starve first. So if someone says they'll give me some money for some parts, I'll get the parts.'' Senior Magistrate, the Wor. Will Francis ordered Allen to pay $100 for trying to steal bike parts, $250 for assaulting the Police officer, and $250 for possessing an offensive weapon.

Allen was also fined $1,000 for stealing the bike and $600 for two driving while disqualified convictions.

He was given until November to pay the fines.

DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED COSTS TEEN CTS A Pembroke teenager caught driving while disqualified and driving without due care and attention, was fined a total of $600 and sentenced to another year off the road on Monday.

Bruce Davis, 19, of Crisson Avenue, Pembroke admitted in Magistrates' Court to driving at a speed of 60-65 kph on Dundonald Street West on August 5.

Davis had been disqualified from driving until January 24, 1994. He further admitted to driving recklessly and nearly causing another accident at the scene of an accident.

Senior Magistrate, the Wor. Will Francis, noted that Davis "completely ignored the court's directive not to drive'', and sentenced Davis to a further 12 months off the road.

Mr. Francis also ordered Davis to pay a $250 fine for driving while disqualified, and $350 for driving without due care and attention.

He told Davis that the year-end driving ban reprieve would be one which he would not be enjoying.