wilful damage and breached his probation, to corrective training.

Samuel Riley, 18, of Cox's Hill Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court last week to wilfully and unlawfully destroying a garbage can in a Whitney Institute bathroom.

During that court appearance, prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said Riley had, along with other students, lit the garbage can on fire in an attempt to burn down the school on May 11, 1996.

The fire was extinguished and $90 worth of damage was caused to the bathroom .

Yesterday, lawyer Kim Wilson asked Mr. King to allow Riley to continue with probation as he was making progress with the programme.

Mr. King rejected Ms Wilson's submissions, saying this was not Riley's first conviction and that the incident which occurred at Whitney Institute was serious.

"This young man is out of control. He needs a structured environment,'' Mr.

King said before handing down his sentence.

Mr. King also fined Riley $100 for disobeying a traffic light on June 11, $150 for riding an unlicensed cycle on January 24, and $450 for having no third party insurance on March 22.

BURGLAR, 18, JAILED CTS Burglar, 18, jailed Magistrate Edward King this week sentenced an 18-year-old Devonshire man to a period of corrective training.

Mr. King turned down the appeals of Jerkeyo Berkeley's lawyer Elizabeth Christopher for a psychological report, saying: "This young man's criminal activities must be curtailed. The public has a right to be protected.'' Berkeley, of Alexandra Road, Devonshire pleaded guilty last week to breaking into the storage room of a Victoria Road residence in an attempt to steal spray paint.

Ms Christopher on Wednesday said she felt a custodial sentence might be a bit hard.

However, Mr. King said Berkeley, who is presently on probation, had not responded to the programme.

"This is his third probation period and the social inquiry report recommends a more structured environment,'' Mr. King said. "I hope they (at the Co-Ed facility) will instil some discipline in him and that he would come back into society a better man.'' STUDENT BURGLED SHOPS CRM Student burgled shops A 16-year-old schoolboy yesterday pleaded guilty to breaking and entering two Hamilton Parish businesses.

Trudo Foggo, of Fractious Street, admitted the offences which took place in 1995 when he was a secondary school student.

Prosecutor Sgt. Anthony Mouchette told Magistrates' Court that Foggo, and another youth who has already been dealt with in Juvenile Court, broke and entered both the Crystal Queen Snack Shop and the Bermuda Perfumery Gift Shop.

The first incident occurred between May 5 and May 6 when the two youths entered the Snack Shop through a window and stole $80 worth of food.

And on May 11, the pair broke into the Perfumery Gift Shop, again through a window, with intent to commit a felony.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered a social inquiry and ordered Foggo to return to court on February 4, 1998 for sentencing.

MAN BANNED FOR A YEAR CTS Man banned for a year A Warwick man was yesterday fined $450 and banned from driving for one year after he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.

Ralph Jones, of Hillview Road, admitted to the offence which took place in Pembroke on November 5.

Prosecutor Sgt. Anthony Mouchette said Police saw Jones' car swerving on Court Street around 3.30 a.m. that day.

He was pulled over and the officers arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving and taken to the Hamilton Police Station where he failed to provide a breath sample.

But Jones yesterday told Senior Magistrate Will Francis that the reason he seemed unsteady on his feet was because of a recent hip replacement.

"I just had a hip operation,'' Jones explained. "I have a false hip. When I got out of the car it hurt and I lost my balance.'''