sentencing by Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl-Ann Mapp after she decided that her court "no longer has the power to deal with the matter''.

Alvin (Alabama) Anderson of Old Wells Lane, pleaded guilty last week to a charge of breaking, entering and theft and a charge of intruding on a person's privacy causing them alarm.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osbourne said that the complainant was house-sitting for a friend and fell asleep before her friend came home. She awoke in the early morning to see a man standing at the foot of her bed. She screamed, causing Anderson to flee the premises.

A pack of cigarettes was later discovered missing, the court heard.

"I went to a wedding and got nice and drunk,'' Anderson said in his attempt to explain his actions.

"You have been before this court too many times in your life,'' Mrs. Mapp said. "Your excuse is always alcohol, you have a problem and I don't feel that this court has the power to do anything further.'' ISLAND WELCOMES ALUMNI CRUISE CLB Island welcomes alumni cruise Some 300 alumni of Wilberforce University in the United States will arrive in Bermuda aboard the Dreamward this week.

And they will be welcomed by Opposition MP Mr. Reginald Burrows who is also a Wilberforce alumnus.

The group will meet Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan, Tourism Minister the Hon.

C.V. (Jim) Woolridge, and Community and Cultural Affairs Minister the Hon.

Wayne Furbert at a beach club reception in St. George's.

They will also attend a golf tournament at Riddell's Bay Golf Club, a dance at The Princess Hotel, and a special breakfast at Kiskadees Restaurant at the Belmont Hotel.

TEEN PULLED PAIR OFF MOTORBIKE CTS Teen pulled pair off motorbike A frustrated magistrate ordered a social inquiry report on an 18-year-old who pulled a rider and passenger from their motorcycle.

Jahai Butterfield, of Bay Lane, Sandys, pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting another teenager, and thereby causing him bodily harm.

Police prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said Butterfield, who was standing beside his cycle on Cochrane Road, Somerset, began shouting insults at two boys riding by on a motorcycle.

The motorcycle rider then heard what sounded like a Yamaha coming from the rear.

"Butterfield grabbed his clothing and shook him until they both fell to the ground,'' Sgt. Dale said.

An argument then ensued and a fight broke out, which resulted in Butterfield punching the motorcyclist who received bruises, a swollen eye and scratches to the neck.

Butterfield said he told Police that he was hit first.

Magistrate the Wor. Charles-Etta Simmons noted that Butterfield had been in trouble before.

"What is your problem, why can't you behave?'' she asked him.

"I'm only here because he got all the bruises,'' Butterfield replied.

Ms Simmons told Butterfield he was heading down the wrong path. "They spend my tax dollars on people like you who can't behave yourself. You young people make me sick,'' she said.

After ordering the social inquiry report and granting Butterfield bail in the sum of $500 with a like surety, Ms Simmons said: "Keep your hands to yourself in the meantime. If someone picks a fight with you, run the other way. I would rather be called a coward then a criminal.'' She ordered Butterfield to return to court in September.

EIGHT APPOINTED TO HOUSING CORP APP Eight appointed to Housing Corp.

Eight people were recently appointed to positions in the Bermuda Housing Corporation.

Minister of Health Social Services and Housing the Hon. Quinton Edness appointed Mrs. Robin Mayor as the vice chairman, Mr. Melvin Dickenson, Ph.D, as director, and Mr. David Faires as director. Other directors appointed were Mr. Geoffrey Gardner, Mr. Lawson Mapp, Mr. Bruce Sharpe, Ms Judy Siddle, and Mrs. Veronica Harvey.

These posts were effective on July 1 and run until June 30 1998.