assaulted a woman who believed him to be a Police officer.

Eldon Trott, of East Shore Road, admitted falsely claiming to be a Police officer, indecently assaulting a woman and damaging her shorts between July 19 and 22 of 1991.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said the complainant is a Canadian residing in Bermuda who works with an insurance underwriting firm.

He said that at 10.30 p.m. on July 19, the woman was in the Coconut Rock on Reid Street with a group of friends when she was approached by Trott.

Trott told the woman he had always admired her and said he was attached to the Criminal Investigation Department of the St. George's Police unit.

Insp. Duffy said the woman went to Oasis Night Club on Front Street, accompanied by Trott. At 2 a.m., the two went for a drive in the woman's car along South Shore Road in Warwick. They stopped at Astwood Cove and went back to Hamilton where they made arrangements to meet at Elbow Beach the next day.

The two spent the day at the beach and went to the woman's home for a drink after.

Trott, who had a girlfriend who was seven months' pregnant at the time, asked if he could sleep there to which the woman said no because she did not know him well enough.

He became angry and she asked him to leave, Insp. Duffy said. Trott then informed the woman he would do something to make sure she never forgot him and warned her he could have her deported.

Insp. Duffy said Trott asked the woman if he could sleep on her floor and told her he was obsessed with her.

Trott pinned her on the floor, straddled her and sat with his knees on either side of her body, facing her. Insp. Duffy said Trott kept trying to remove her shorts and damaged the zipper in the process.

He then asked her if he could perform oral sex on her and bit through her bathing suit, causing a small mark.

Trott became angry and threatened to "deport'' her again, pinning her arms to the ground.

The woman managed to punch Trott at which time he got off her. He said he would never be prosecuted because of his Police affiliation and left the apartment.

Because of the incident, she was unable to go to work the next day.

When she returned to work on Tuesday, the woman found Trott had left a message for her apologising for his actions.

The woman was associated with the Rape Crisis Centre and consulted with volunteers there as to what she should do. She then contacted Police and made a complaint.

On July 25, officers went to Trott's work place and arrested him. When interviewed under caution, he admitted the offences saying he was "truly sorry and it would never happen again''.

Insp. Duffy said Trott appeared in court on March 19, 1990 at which time he was given a three-month prison sentence for trespassing around a woman's dwelling house.

Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl Ann Mapp released Trott on $1,000 and a like surety. She ordered that he have no contact with the woman and told him to return to court on May 11.

The man is represented by Mr. Perry Trott.