a former Government Senator on trial for fraud.

And according to the prosecutor, Llewellyn Peniston's defence seemed to be one of blame everyone but himself for his legal troubles and if he is believed, he fabricated the truth.

Crown counsel Peter Eccles was speaking on the penultimate day of the trial in which Peniston denies three counts of perjury, three counts of fraudulently concealing property or debt, and two counts of fabricating evidence.

This morning Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux will give his summation to the six-man, five-woman jury who are likely to begin deliberating today.

The eventful case has began on September 30 after one juror refused to take part in the judicial process and was replaced.

Another juror withdrew due to sickness and the trial was allowed to go on.

There have been numerous delays due to legal arguments and five days were lost when Mr. Eccles returned home to Canada for his father's funeral.

Two charges of stealing pension policies worth $14,016.82 and $10,961.64, administered by Bermuda Fire and Marine Ltd., and property of his ex-wife Sylvia Oreeta Peniston, were dropped on the orders of Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux.

Mr. Eccles said Peniston was not a beaten man when he took the stand on December 20, 1994 and tearfully read a statement "accepting responsibility for a misunderstanding''.

"A beaten man? No, a man who is boxed in is more correct,'' he said.

"Everywhere he turns he saw someone who could contradict him. He was caught and he knows it. He has spun a web of deceit.'' Mr. Eccles warned the jury against letting sympathy for Ms Peniston -- who has a debilitating disease which flared up and did not complete her testimony -- cloud their decision.

After pointing out contradictions between what she said in preliminary hearings and on the stand last week, he said: "She has been placed between the proverbial rock and a hard place.'' Mr. Eccles added: "She now says she believed she was entitled to the pension money. In order to believe that you must accept that the truth had to be fabricated on May 11. You have to consider her credibility.'' Peniston is accused of having Ms Peniston sign a letter on May 11 and produced it before the court purporting it to have been signed in September 1987.

The letter was an agreement that Ms Peniston would receive the proceeds from the two pension policies.

Mr. Eccles finished his summation by reminding the jurors they represented Bermudians in the matter and it is their duty to consider all of the evidence.

He added: "What Llewellyn Peniston has done is spit in the face of all Bermuda. He is the bully and he has spit in your face and the courts, don't let him.''