said the information his client gave Police about the case was only what they had already fed him.

In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Archie Warner told Det. Con. Trent Lightbourne that before he interviewed Wayne Smith he had been given "very specific and detailed information on the case.'' However, Det. Con. Lightbourne said that was not so and added that the defendant had given him most of the information about the robbery.

Smith, 30, of no fixed abode, pleaded not guilty to armed robbery on September 6, last year.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of burglary at a different address on the same day and another charge of burglary on September 8, 1994.

Mr. Warner also asked Det. Con. Lightbourne if Smith had told him, during his interviews, that he was homeless and slept in parks, abandoned houses, and empty guest house rooms and that he was "a junky strung out on drugs''.

In response, Det. Con. Lightbourne said Smith had not said he was homeless but he had discussed drugs.

Mr. Warner told Det. Con. Lightbourne: "Because you fed the defendant information you knew he was giving it back to you and you had told him about the incident.

"Smith fooled you because you thought you had a confession and you thought you had an open and shut case.'' Mr. Warner also questioned Det. Con. Lightbourne on the fact that the description victims Daniel and Catherine Showalter gave of the clothing the man who robbed them had on, was different from what Smith said he was wearing.

"The Showalters said he had on dark shorts and a green top, and Smith said he was wearing black track suit pants and a T-shirt,'' Mr. Warner said.

He added that the Showalters' description of the man's build was also different.

But, Det. Con. Lightbourne said Smith fitted the description the Showalters gave at the time of the incident but had since changed his appearance.

On Wednesday the court heard a Police statement in which Smith said he saw the couple going to their guest room and waited for them to settle in before pulling the screen and glass door out and entering their room while brandishing a kitchen knife.

He added that he demanded that the Showalters go into their bathroom while he searched the room for valuable items.

In the statement, Smith said he took the couple's wedding rings and sold them to someone on Court Street for $150 and later spent the money on food, drinks and drugs.

Earlier this week Daniel, 42, and Catherine Showalter told how they returned to their apartment after celebrating Mrs. Showalter's birthday and were getting ready for bed when they heard two loud bangs.

Mrs. Showalter said her husband went to inspect where the noise came from and noticed a bulge in the curtain covering the sliding glass door. When he called out a man holding a knife in the air appeared.

The couple later discovered that their gold and diamond engagement and wedding rings, worth $4,800 Canadian dollars, and a college cignet ring, worth $200 Canadian dollars were missing.

Mr. and Mrs. Showalter both stated that they were not sure of the identify of the man who broke into their room.

The trial continues today before Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Meerabux and Crown Counsels Ms Charlene Scott and Mr. Melvin Douglas.