of $38,000 last year is set to get underway this morning.

Rupert Elroy Archibald and Michael Eugene Dillas deny two counts of armed robbery, using a firearm and carrying a firearm or a replica of a firearm with criminal intent on April 9, 1997.

A nine-woman, three-man jury was empanelled yesterday before Chief Justice Austin Ward.

Crown Counsel Patrick Doherty appears for the crown while Juris Law Chambers' Archibald Warner appears for Archibald. Mr. Warner's partner, Victoria Pearman, represents Dillas.

In May, another man, Yusef Ameerbakka DeSilva, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a total of 18 years for his role in the robbery.

After his arrest DeSilva cooperated with Police and took part in a reconstruction of the robbery but refused to give the names of the other robbers.

The three men were caught at Riddell's Bay Golf Course after being chased by Police across the Great Sound in a boat. A fourth person was never caught.

MAN STABBED IN ARM DURING FIGHT CRM Man stabbed in arm during fight A 53-year-old man was stabbed in the arm during a fist fight which turned into a knife attack.

Police said the victim, from Warwick, was attacked at a house on Kitty's Lane in Hamilton Parish around 6.30 p.m. yesterday and was treated for his wounds in hospital.

KEEP PASSENGERS `PROPERLY SEATED' AC Keep passengers `properly seated' Marine Police are advising boat owners to keep passengers properly seated after a visitor fell overboard and became caught in a propeller.

The 26-year-old man suffered a deep gash in his leg when he fell off the Boston Whaler as it turned in Castle Harbour at 2.45 p.m. yesterday.

A Police spokesman said: "We would once again remind boat operators to ensure that passengers are properly seated or safely positioned in their vessels and on no occasion should they be permitted to `bow ride'.'' HEAD-ON CRASH INVESTIGATED BY POLICE AC Head-on crash investigated by Police Traffic Police are investigating a head-on crash which left a man with a broken leg and caused extensive damage to a bike and taxi.

The 22-year-old victim, from Hamilton Parish, was hurt when his bike collided with a Mitsubishi taxi on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish at 11.20 yesterday morning.

Police said the man, now being treated in hospital, had been riding west near Harlem Heights, while the taxi was heading in the opposite direction.

SERGEANTS PROMOTED TO RANK OF INSPECTOR APP POL Sergeants promoted to rank of inspector The Police Service last week announced that two sergeants have been promoted to the rank of inspector.

Inspectors Charles Dorrington and Andrew Boyce have been with the Bermuda Police since 1974 and 1979 respectively.

Insp. Dorrington has been the Administrative Officer for Specialist Operations over the past two years and recently became Acting Inspector at Central Division where he now remains in his new rank.

Insp. Boyce has worked mostly within CID and has been involved in a number of investigations through the Major Incident Room. Lately he has been working in the Narcotics department.

WOMAN SUFFERS BURNS TO HAND, ARM AC FIR Woman suffers burns to hand, arm Fire chiefs are warning part-time cooks to be careful with their pots and pans after a woman suffered burns to her hand and arm.

Lt. Jon Thompson, spokesman for the Bermuda Fire Service, said the woman was hurt after cooking at home on Alexandra Road, Pembroke, on Monday afternoon.

And Lt. Thompson reminded people never to leave their pans unattended on the stove -- and said dry chemical powder extinguishers were best for putting out stove fires.

He added: "Otherwise, if you have the proper fitting lid to the pot, you should put that on to exclude the oxygen and put the fire out.

"Then slide the pot to the other burner -- don't lift it -- and turn off the stove.'' FIREFIGHTERS SAVE STOCK AT HAMILTON SHOP FIR Firefighters save stock at Hamilton shop Five firefighters mopped up a flood and saved the stock at the Irish Linen Shop in Hamilton yesterday.

The crew pumped out gallons of water in the Front Street basement after unusually high tides dripped through underground stone walls -- before the water reached store level.