the Spinning Wheel nightclub on Tuesday.

One of the men, Andre Yousuf Burgess, said it was the first time he had been involved in a fight.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told 34-year-old Burgess, of Hermitage Road, Smith's Parish: "You are wasting the court's time and money on your personal foolishness.'' Burgess and the other defendant, Sejuan Antoine Swan, of Pearman's Hill, Warwick pleaded guilty to affray.

The court heard that Police arrived at the Spinning Wheel nightclub on Court Street, where around 30 people had gathered, watching the fight in the southbound lane at around 8.55 p.m.

Crown counsel Wayne Caines said Police signalled the crowd to disperse with sirens and lights. Burgess went into Spinning Wheel and Swan stayed outside.

When reinforcements arrived, Police scattered the crowd and arrested Swan and Burgess.

Both men suffered minor bruises and cuts.

Mr. Caines told the court Swan has previous convictions of assaulting Police officers in 1991 and violently resisting arrest in 1995.

Swan said: "I wouldn't been involved unless provoked. I left Spinning Wheel trying to avoid it''.

Burgess, a married man and driver for Butterfield and Vallis, remained quiet during Swan's outburst.

TRIAL CONTINUES CTS Trial continues A youth who was stabbed and robbed of his ring by a gang of youths at a reggae session at St. David's cricket field testified against one of his alleged attackers yesterday.

On trial was David Cox, also known as `Coxy', 21, of Gables Lane in Devonshire who has pleaded not guilty to stabbing and robbing Aaron Hooper on July 30 last year.

Also testifying was a friend of Mr. Hooper's who said that the pair and two other friends had attended a reggae session where Playboy International were playing on the night in question.

At some point in the evening soon after arriving they were approached by a gang of ten youths.

The court heard how the group passed Mr. Hooper and his friends, then five of them returned and surrounded Mr. Hooper and asked to see his ring.

Mr. Hooper struggled with his attackers, eventually got free and ran into the crowd.

They then followed him and in the middle of the crowd he was stabbed and robbed of his ring.

The five man, seven woman jury heard from Mr. Hooper's friend that Mr. Hooper approached him and showed him his wound, and at that point they left the concert and drove to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

The case is being heard before Judge Norma Wade-Miller and Cox is being defended by Larry Mussendon.

Crown Counsel Patrick Doherty told the jury in his opening remarks that he was interested only in the robbery charge as a man had pleaded guilty to stabbing Mr. Hooper on Monday. He will be sentenced early next year.