receiving a $700 fine for possessing crack cocaine and drug equipment.

After being sentenced in Magistrates' Court, Keith Gordon began pointing at the probation officer and shouted: "I don't forget nothing or no one!'' Prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor told Senior Magistrate Will Francis that Gordon could be held in contempt of court for his threatening behaviour toward a probation officer who was there to assist him.

But Gordon rebutted the statement and said: "He did not attempt to assist me.

He attempted to have me incarcerated.'' Mr. Francis warned Gordon about his conduct and Gordon apologised before he left the court room.

The court earlier heard 46-year-old Gordon, of Victoria Street, admit to possessing crack cocaine and drug equipment.

Sgt. Taylor said Police searched Gordon's house on June 29 after they were tipped off.

There they found a homemade pipe, a candle, a test tube, razor blades, a pair of scissors, playing cards and baking soda.

When arrested, Gordon told the officers "let's go'', Sgt. Taylor said.

At the Hamilton Police Station, he admitted to Police that he used the pipe to smoke crack. The razor blades were used to cut the rocks into smaller pieces, he added, and the candle was used to heat the test tube which cooked the crack cocaine.

He also said he used the cards to separate the crack from the baking soda.

Sgt. Taylor said all items were later tested and found to have a cocaine residue.

When Gordon's car was searched, Police also found a plastic twist that contained a rock-like substance that was discovered to be .32 grams of crack cocaine with an 89 percent purity.

When Gordon yesterday heard the amount of crack that was found he mumbled: "It was that much? Could I have some back?''.

But he later told Mr. Francis that he had been addicted to crack since 1985 and Addiction Services had already made arrangements for him to receive rehabilitation abroad at the end of this month.

"Hopefully, I can get out of here and get to this rehab,'' he said.

Reviewing Gordon's criminal record, Sgt. Taylor told Mr. Francis that Gordon had been to court for previous stealing and assault charges.

But Gordon jumped up to deny this statement.

"I went up for molestation and assault, but I never stole nothing from no one,'' he said.

Gordon was convicted of sexually assaulting a female aged under 14 in 1991; he received an eight month prison term.

When Mr. Francis heard that Gordon already had plans for rehabilitation, he imposed a $500 fine for the first offence and $200 for the second.