The man who allegedly borrowed Randolph Lightbourne's car on the night of the Woody's Drive Inn robbery was off the Island at the time.

A Supreme Court jury learned this on the penultimate day of the robbery trial.

Lightbourne, of Devon Springs Drive, Devonshire, is accused of robbing the bar in Sandys Parish on December 22 and wounding bar manager Owen Trott with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Crown counsel Patrick Doherty called two final witnesses to counter testimony by Lightbourne that he loaned his car to Travis Dill late on December 21, 1995 and did not get it back until after 1 a.m. the next day.

And Lightbourne will have his fate decided by the jury today after they receive final directions from Chief Justice Austin Ward.

Police stopped Lightbourne at Somerset Bridge at 1.30 a.m. on December 22, 1995 in a Mazda car. A skully -- with Mr. Trott's blood on it -- was found in the car.

Lightbourne has claimed that he was at his parents' home and on the phone with his wife when Dill -- his parents' neighbour and son of Owen Trott -- asked to borrow his car to drive his girlfriend home.

He also claimed he waited until after 1 a.m. for the car. A short time later, Lightbourne was stopped by Police at Somerset Bridge while on his way home to Devonshire.

Yesterday, Mr. Doherty called Immigration inspector Carlton Saunders to present a Bermuda Immigration resident's card which Dill used on December 21, 1995.

The card showed Dill left Bermuda that day and returned to the Island on January 1, 1996 from Jamaica.

Dill's sister Karen Gunness also testified that he was in Jamaica and that she called her husband in Jamaica to alert Dill that his father had been stabbed.

She also confirmed that the writing on the Immigration card was her brother's and that he has been in Jamaica since August, 1997.

In his summation, Mr. Doherty said a jury brings common sense to the decision making in a trial.

He reminded the jury that Lightbourne admitted that he would lie if it were to help him.

"He will deceive people when it suits him,'' Mr. Doherty said. "His evidence is a body of deception. He should have been apologising to Mr. Trott instead of claiming Mr. Trott's son had the car.''.

Lightbourne's lawyer, Elizabeth Christopher, told the jury: "Nobody in their right mind involved in a robbery would admit that the skully was theirs.'' She also claimed her client gave Police a statement for some time shortly after the robbery without refreshment or rest.

Ms Christopher also said: "Just because he was stopped at Somerset Bridge, it doesn't mean that Mr. Lightbourne was in the car at Watford Bridge.''