A Pembroke man charged with arson, damaging property, theft and taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent was yesterday on trial in Supreme Court.Brian Carlton Eugene Rogers, 49, of North Terrace, has denied the charges.His lawyer Marc Daniels and prosecutor Kristy-Ann Kiellor yesterday delivered their closing arguments to the hearing which began on January 24.The jury heard that Rogers began a sexual-relationship with long-time friend and fellow drug user Denise Evans Wilkinson in 2009.Both were said to be involved in relationships with other people and on the night of the alleged incident on October 8, 2009 Ms Evans Wilkinson had spent the night at male friend’s house.Her relationship with the friend Maxwell Brown was not sexual, according to her evidence.Ms Evans Wilkinson said she slept on the couch in the living-room, while Mr Brown, of Boundary Lane in Devonshire, slept in the bedroom.Early the next morning around 5am Mr Brown’s sister was working on his computer, when she smelt oil burning outside and woke him to tell him his car was on fire.According to his testimony, Mr Brown hadn’t touched his car that night and had been using his bike for transportation.Mr Brown tried to put out the fire by throwing water on the car, but it had become a blaze by that point. He also noticed someone had painted white lettering on the walls outside his home that read ‘Let her go. She is Mine’.Near to the arson attack, a neighbour also noticed that his work van had been broken into and several items were missing.This included a Dell laptop computer, valued at $2,000 and Pelco, G.E. and Sanyo security cameras, totalling $2,000.The same man also saw that 20 bottles of Rum Swizzle made by his wife were removed from a refrigerator on his porch. The alcohol was valued at $625.Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said yesterday in her summing up for the jury that a police officer found a Heineken beer bottle at the scene, with the presence of Mr Roger’s fingerprints.Police went to Mr Rogers home in Pembroke and upon seeing them he allegedly ran away. In the drive way of the property the officers found a laptop computer bag and two CCTV security cameras and the items were seized. They also found a motorcycle, which had been reported stolen on October 8, 2009.According to Ms Kiellor, the defendant’s testimony was filled with lies and contradictions.She said he admitted to having a history of violence and offenses of dishonesty and to having anger management problems.Ms Kiellor also questioned why he never explained how the white paint, similar to that used in the offense, got on his clothes.Mr Daniels said his client had no animosity towards Mr Brown and said Mr Rogers may have been suspected for the crimes because he has past convictions.He also said his client’s address wasn’t a private house, but actually a derelict home where drug users passed through regularly. The stolen items could have belonged to someone else, Mr Daniels suggested.“There is no door to the entrance, there are bushes everywhere and it’s surrounded by trash and items all over the place and a stream of [human] traffic constantly coming through.“What type of people are going through this particular property? People that use and sell drugs and probably break and enter and steal things to buy drugs. It’s not the case where it was all found at Mr Rogers’ house.”Mrs Justice Simmons will finish her address to the jury this morning and they are expected to decide their verdict this afternoon.