A Police witness yesterday displayed two handguns believed to have been used in an armed bank robbery.

The guns -- one with a roughly four-inch barrel and the other approximately ten inches long -- are evidence in the Supreme Court trial of Rupert Elroy Archibald and Michael Eugene Dillas.

Both men are charged with two counts of armed robbery, and using and carrying firearms in connection with a robbery attempt at the Somerset branch of the Bank of Bermuda on April 9 last year.

Archibald, 37, and Dillas, 32, both deny the allegations. They are represented by lawyers Archibald Warner and Victoria Pearman, respectively.

In June this year Yusef Ameerbakka DeSilva -- also charged in connection with the failed robbery -- pleaded guilty to armed robbery and using a firearm. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.

The prosecution charges that the three men, helped by a fourth accomplice, entered the Somerset branch of the Bank of Bermuda and stole roughly $37,500.

The gang then allegedly used two motorcycles and a 30-foot Boston Whaler boat to escape to the Riddell's Bay area, but were apprehended soon after landing ashore.

Yesterday, the three-man, nine-woman jury saw 25 video pictures taken from security cameras inside the bank.

Also during day-two of the trial, a large plastic bag full of the stolen money was placed before the jury.

And Crown counsel Peter Doherty introduced numerous other pieces of evidence found at the bank, along the escape route around Riddell's Bay.

The items included discarded helmets and clothing found in a wooded area of the Riddell's Bay Golf Course, a screwdriver left inside one of two cashier tills emptied, clothing worn by the accused, a Radio Shack electronic scanner, and a bullet fired during the hold-up. The guns and bullets, gun-shot residue kits used on the accused, and some items of clothing were later sent to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for further analysis.

Police witnesses also made repeated reference to photographs to show where various pieces of evidence were found and explained handling, transporting, and storage procedures.

The trial continues today before Chief Justice Austin Ward.