Smith's Parish man who stole a cycle so he could go "joy riding''.

Levar Trott, 17, of Talbot Lane pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing a blue Yamaha auxiliary cycle worth approximately $1,800 between January 27 and 29.

Prosecutor Sgt. John Dale said that at 2.50 a.m. on January 29, two uniformed Police officers saw a cycle carrying two people go through the junction of Highland Road and North Shore in Hamilton Parish in the wrong direction.

After a high speed chase they stopped the cycle at Walsingham Lane but the driver and passenger ran away in opposite directions. The Police officers managed to catch the passenger who was Trott but are still searching for the other person.

Sgt. Dale said the cycle had been stolen from a house near to Trott's house.

Its licence plate had been spray-painted black, the ignition had been "hot wired'' and one of the cycle's wing mirrors was missing.

He said the cycle's total damage was estimated at $200.

Acting Magistrate the Wor. John Cooper told Trott that he hoped he had caught him early enough to stop him from doing this again. He said if Trott had been two years older he would not have worried about the social inquiry report.