POP/ROCK - July 27, 1988

A British Michael Jackson look-alike learned that imitation has nothing to do with flattery Tuesday when a London magistrate cited him for disturbing the peace and fined him 100. Ronnie Beharry drew frenzied crowds and caused traffic jams in the central London district of Soho whenever he appeared there. Jackson is in Britain on a 2-month concert swing, and he draws huge crowds whenever he appears in public. The judge warned Beharry: “Notwithstanding the fact that you do have this resemblance, you will have to do something to play it down or not encourage the disturbances that it causes.”