expected to appeal shortly.

Lawyer Richard Horseman will represent Chris Sinacola, 44, who arrived in Bermuda on May 9 with over 20 grammes of cannabis.

Sinacola of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was in Bermuda to celebrate his birthday and was imprisoned for three months by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.

JUDGE GROUND ELBOW BEACH STAFF CTS Judge ground Elbow Beach staff Elbow Beach Hotel executive chef Franz Rohn Jac was fined $600 and disqualified from driving all vehicles for 12 months yesterday after he admitted driving while impaired.

Magistrates' Court heard that the 30-year-old chef, of Rocklands Estate, Warwick, was stopped by Police as he drove along Trimingham Hill in Paget early yesterday morning.

After a brief conversation, the officers determined Jac was unfit to drive and detained him at Hamilton Police Station.

Meanwhile another Elbow Beach employee pleaded guilty yesterday to driving while impaired and was fined $600 and disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months.

Terry John Kretchman, 34, who lives at the Paget hotel's staff club, was seen early yesterday morning driving in a disorderly manner on Trimingham Hill in Paget by Police officers and was arrested under suspicion of drink driving.

CYCLISTS RACKS UP ROAD FINES CTS Cyclist racks up road fines An 18-year-old man racked up $1,600 in fines in Magistrates' Court yesterday for a series of traffic violations.

Marecko Rattery, of Middle Road, Smith's Parish, pleaded guilty to not possessing a valid driver's licence, riding a cycle with fraudulent plates and riding a cycle that was not licensed or insured.

However Rattery claimed the cycle was insured because the plates were registered.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner asked Rattery how he could be sure of this.

"Because I switched the licence plates,'' Rattery said.

Mr. Warner fined Rattery $250 for the fraudulent use of plates, $250 for riding an unlicensed cycle, $100 for having a non-valid driver's licence and $1,000 for not having third party insurance.

He ordered all the fines to be paid by June 16.

However Rattery's mother, who was at court, asked if her son could be given more time to pay because he would not be paid in time to pay the fines.

"His boss is on vacation, Your Honour, and is not expected back for two weeks,'' she said.

Mr. Warner replied: "Well, I suggest that he make arrangements with the court, or find another job.'' MAN ORDERED TO PAY FINED CTS Man ordered to pay fines A Devonshire man was told he owed nearly $8,000 in unpaid fines when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Nineteen-year-old Zekristos Lee of Boundary Lane pleaded guilty to speeding at 63 kilometres per hour in 1997 and was fined $400 by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.

He was then told he owed the court about $7,940 in outstanding fines.

The court heard that Lee was fined $650 for a drug offence, $6,500 for additional drug charges and $840 for various traffic offences between 1990 and 1998.

Lee said he served a custodial sentence for the $6,500 fine and was told that the custodial sentence for the $650 fine would run concurrent with it.

A check revealed he was telling the truth but the $840 in traffic fines remained unpaid.

"To tell you the truth I forgot about them,'' he said.

Mr. Warner told Lee to pay the outstanding fines forthwith.

TWO FINED FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK CTS Two fined for possession of crack Two men were fined a total of $800 for drug offences when they appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Allen Anderson, 44, pleaded guilty to possession of drug equipment and Michael William Robinson, 36, pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine. They were fined $300 and $500 respectively.

The court heard that Police officers on foot patrol saw Anderson and Robinson sitting outside the Number One Shed on Front Street.

Robinson, of Marsh Lane, Pembroke, appeared to be rolling a cigarette but dropped his hand between his legs and began to act suspiciously when the officers approached.

Officers searched both men and found a pipe in Anderson's rain coat pocket and white rocks in the cigarette Robinson had been rolling.

Anderson, of no fixed abode, said: "I'll be straight up with you. The pipe is for drugs.'' Robinson added: "I'm not going to lie. It's crack for my own personal use.'' The white rocks were found to be 0.06 grammes of crack cocaine with a purity of 51 percent.