stern lecture.

And Elroy Sinclair Dill, of East Gate Lane, Pembroke, was fined a total of $300 yesterday for attempted theft in October 1994.

Dill's breach of community service hearing was adjourned last month for his file to be pulled from the Bermuda Archives as he claimed to have served prison time rather than an original sentence of 150 community service hours.

Yesterday he repeated the claim and had to be warned by Senior Magistrate Will Francis several times.

"I've spoken to Mr. Ratteray who was my probation officer back then,'' Dill told Mr. Francis. "He can confirm I done all my work. These lot (three probation officers) say I ain't done nothing.'' Dill also claimed that Mr. Francis had approved the switch in the sentence, but the magistrate said there was no record of that in his file.

Mr. Francis ordered Dill to pay a fine of $150 by May 29 for each of the two stealing charges.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor then rose and asked Mr. Francis that Dill be warned about his behaviour in front of a class of Bermuda Institute students in the gallery.

"He seems to feel that he has a comedy stage with this group of students,'' Sgt. Taylor said. "Please assure him that he must not come to court drunk, your worship.'' "I want these young people to understand there are places where orders are given and followed,'' Mr. Francis told Dill. "You are going to sit there until I break at a quarter to five. Now don't move!'' STOLEN VOUCHERS TRADED FOR CASH CTS Stolen vouchers traded for cash A St. George's man who traded stolen parking vouchers for cash in order to get something to eat found himself $30 poorer yesterday.

Anthony Clint Paynter, 41, of Turkey Hill, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to stealing a Corporation of Hamilton parking debit card from Gregory Lunn on February 17.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Phil Taylor said Mr. Lunn parked his car in the Par-La-Ville parking lot around 9 a.m.

He then walked to the debit machine and obtained a parking voucher, but left his card, valued at $48, behind.

Sgt. Taylor added that Paynter, a car washer, took the card and used it to trade vouchers for cash.

While in custody at Hamilton Police Station on another matter, Paynter admitted to stealing the card.

Yesterday, Paynter told the court that he found four cards lying on the ground of the parking lot.

"I tried each and every one in the machine to see if they had any money left on them,'' Paynter said. "One had a few dollars on it so I traded cash for the parking tickets just to get something to eat.'' Noting that Paynter only traded $15 worth of parking vouchers, Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined him double that amount.

SRI LANKAN'S FATE KNOWN SOON CTS Sri Lankan's fate known soon The fate of an illegal Sri Lankan immigrant is expected to be known next month.

Former Amnesty International Bermuda chairperson Clare Hatcher yesterday appeared in Magistrates' Court as Chandrase Gopinath's lawyer for the first time.

And she told Senior Magistrate Will Francis: "The first step has been made after I met him on Friday. It (the case) is an Immigration matter and I have been in contact with those agencies concerned.'' Ms Hatcher agreed with Mr. Francis when he asked if the matter could be brought to a close in two weeks and if Gopinath could be sentenced then.

Gopinath -- a Sri Lankan whose parents have asylum in Switzerland -- pleaded guilty on March 25 to using a forged passport, airline ticket, and Bermuda Immigration card to enter Bermuda.

He told Mr. Francis if he were returned to Sri Lanka, he would be killed.

Since then local Immigration authorities have been in contact with the Swiss and Sri Lankan governments to establish his identity and the country to which he should be returned.

Gopinath was arrested at Bermuda International Airport on March 17 after US Immigration officers became suspicious and refused to allow him on a flight to New York.