were jailed this week.

Che Pennyman pleaded guilty to four break-ins that netted him nearly $28,000 in jewellery and cash while Tyrone Raynor pleaded guilty to participating in the one break-in that led to their arrest.

Crown counsel Mr. Stephen Harrison said Pennyman's involvement in the break-ins was significant.

While Raynor's involvement was less, he "nevertheless shares responsibility because it was plainly a joint endeavour,'' Mr.

Harrison said. The two men were arrested following the February 14 break-in at the home of Joseph Amaral on Radnor Road.

Police, responding to a telephone call, saw two men leaving the house by a rear window. They arrested Pennyman but Raynor got away.

In a search of the area, Police found a bag containing $23,916 worth of jewellery and cash.

Mr. Harrison said the one-day spree saw Pennyman break into the home of Mrs.

Opal Wilson on Radnor Close where he stole $4,115 in jewellery and clothing.

He next raid was on James Clark's home on Pearman's Hill where he took $1,800 in jewellery, cash and clothing.

The third break-in occurred at the home of Michael DeCosta on Radnor Road where clothing and jewellery valued at $17,400 was taken.

Each of the homes were entered after the removal of a rear door glass pane.

The Amarals estimated they lost jewellery and cash totalling $4,346.

The total amount of goods and cash stolen was $27,689. Nearly $4,000 was not recovered.

Lawyers for the two men clashed in their assessments of which one victimised the other while each described their clients as young men crying out for help.

The court heard that both had extensive criminal records.

Lawyer Mr. Philip Perinchief argued that Pennyman, his 21-year-old client, had been coerced into taking part in "these nefarious activities''.

He said the man was easily influenced, had low self-esteem and an unbalanced willingness to please his peers and older people. Pennyman was remorseful, he added, and wanted psychiatric and drug counselling.

Although the lawyer argued for probation, he acknowledged that a social inquiry report concluded that Pennyman "wouldn't do very well'' on probation.

"But a long period of incarceration might in fact tip the scales to make a hardened criminal,'' Mr. Perinchief said.

Puisne Judge Mr. Justice Ward, noting Pennyman's criminal record, said he had been out of jail for the past year and that it "didn't help him very much''.

Mr. Perinchief said he had known Pennyman for three years and now saw in him a change in attitude.

"He's now crying out for help,'' he said. "We're attempting to answer that by asking for probation if not a short prison sentence.'' Mr. Archie Warner for Raynor said his 33-year-old client had been cooperative with Police following his arrest.

He said Raynor, despite being the older of the two men, had succumbed to liquor and Pennyman's "guidance and coercion''.

"Mr. Pennyman was a one-man crime wave around Bermuda,'' the lawyer said. Mr.

Warner said his client, who had been released from prison last November, had been making efforts to get his life in order. He had returned to his wife and daughter, to regular churchgoing and to a job.

"Here we have a man with an atrocious background, trying to get his life back together and then things started to go wrong,'' the lawyer said, adding that Raynor needed money to pay bills.

"This is a young man who is crying out for help, a young man who deserves another chance.'' In a statement to the court, a long-faced Pennyman, who has an extensive record of break-ins, said: "It hurts me deep inside to know what I've done is wrong. I am really sorry for what I've done. I'd like a chance to pick up the pieces and make an attempt to go on with my life. I would like to see it as a mistake I can learn from.'' Raynor told Mr. Ward that he had been trying to straighten out his life. "My record is not proof of what I feel inside ... I suffer. I just ask the Lord to help me and for your understanding and mercy. I'm sorry for what I've done.

I allowed intoxication to take a hold of me.'' Mr. Ward sentenced Pennyman to three years on each of the four break-in charges with the sentences to run concurrently. Raynor was jailed for two years.