Randolph Lightbourne yesterday claimed he loaned his car to the son of the man he allegedly stabbed during the Woody's Drive Inn robbery.

But Lightbourne strenuously denied that he and his brother committed the robbery and overlooked a discarded nylon skully that was used as a mask.

Lightbourne, 31, of Devon Springs Road, Devonshire, has denied robbing the bar in Sandys Parish on December 22, 1995 and wounding bar manager Owen Trott with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Yesterday Lightbourne continued to testify in his Supreme Court trial and named the man, Travis Dill, as the person who borrowed his car late on the evening of December 21.

Lightbourne has claimed he was at his parents' home and on the phone with his wife when Dill -- his parent's neighbour and his friend -- asked to borrow his car to drive his girlfriend home.

He also claimed he had to wait until after 1 a.m. the next day for the car to be returned and was stopped by Police shortly after at Somerset Bridge on his way home to Devonshire. Lightbourne also claimed Dill had moved to the US in August of last year and he was not able to get in contact with him, nor was he able to remember who Dill's girlfriend was or where she lived.

Crown counsel Patrick Doherty -- who called Lightbourne's claims "cowardly'' -- challenged him on Dill's identity.

"Travis Dill. Middle name Eugene Levon? Did you ever meet his dad?'' Mr.

Doherty asked Lightbourne. "Who is his father?'' "Owen Trott,'' Lightbourne answered.

Lightbourne admitted to the court that he had lied during the Police investigation. But he claimed he only did so to get out of the Police station.

He also claimed he did not tell Police about lending the car because he "didn't want to get into it then''.

"I didn't want to change it up then and complicate the situation,'' Lightbourne said of what he told Police. "I'm not lying. I'm telling you exactly what happened, no matter how confusing it may look.'' "The fact is I had nothing to do with the robbery,'' he added.

Lightbourne claimed that he told Police he owned the skully found in the car because he did not think it could be used as a mask. But he admitted that he had used a nylon stocking in a robbery for which he was convicted in 1992.

"And you know from your experience that nylon can stretch,'' Mr. Doherty asked Lightbourne.

"If I had thought the skully was used in a robbery, I wouldn't have said it was mine,'' Lightbourne replied. "It was a stupid thing to say. It caused a lot of trouble.'' Lightbourne also strongly denied committing the robbery with his brother Roydell.

"You and someone else, probably your brother, planned to rob Woody's, do you agree?'' Mr. Doherty asked. "And after the robbery, when you saw a Police car, your brother took the mask off and put it on the floor.'' "No Sir,'' Lightbourne answered.

The trial, before Chief Justice Austin Ward, was adjourned until Monday when Mr. Doherty and Lightbourne's lawyer Elizabeth Christopher are expected to make their final submissions.