As he left a Supreme Courtroom yesterday, assault victim Shawn Stevens glared at two Sandys Parish men who admitted beating him on a city street 15 months ago.

The look came after a judge told Gareth Randolph Bean and Curtis Anthony Grant they "should be trembling in your boots right now'' because they face imprisonment, before she released them on strong bail terms.

Bean, of Cochrane Road, and Grant, of Tween Walls, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Mr. Stevens around 5 a.m. on November 11, 1998.

They denied the more serious charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Mr. Stevens ran for his life that morning after picking a fight with a group of men outside the Champions Sports Club.

Assistant Justice Charles-Etta Simmons freed the men on $3,000 bail with a like surety, and they must report to a Police station three times a week and with a 9 p.m. curfew.

They will be sentenced in May when a social inquiry report should be ready.

There was much legal discussion by lawyers Mark Pettingill and Richard Horseman and prosecutor Sandra Bacchus before the charge was put to the men.

Ms Justice Simmons said: "I'm taking this matter very seriously. You both should be trembling in your boots right now. With this kind of conduct, you take your country down. All of us, together.'' She directed the jury -- who were idle all day -- to find Jerome Quinton Robinson not guilty of the more serious charge. He was allowed to leave.

Ms Justice Simmons heard Mr. Stevens became irate with a man who was revving a stationary cycle on the sidewalk, threw his keys across Reid Street, and punched the man before he could use a knife he produced.

Bean and Grant became involved with others, all of them confronting Mr.

Simmons who Ms Bacchus said "squared up'' on the group.

Bean was struck in his face before Mr. Stevens ran up then back down Reid Street, into Joell's Alley and onto Church Street.

Bean and Grant caught him again near the Bank of Bermuda on Church Street where they knocked him to the ground, and kicked him about the body and head.

Mr. Stevens suffered a concussion, fractured jaw and damage to his kidneys and liver.

When Grant heard Police sirens approaching, he ran away. Bean was caught standing across the street attempting to hide his face.

Ms Bacchus said that when Police approached him, Bean lunged at Mr. Stevens with a helmet. He was unsuccessful.

Jamal Orlando Symonds will be sentenced by a magistrate on Wednesday for his part in the Reid Street part of the fight and Rawn Michael Warner was fined $300.

Charges were dropped in Magistrates' Court against Dwight Martin Basden.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard Mr. Basden was helping Mr. Stevens when Police arrived.

Ms Justice Simmons warned they would face punishment for any breach of their bail. She said: "You stay away from the victim, don't even look at him.''