A robbery victim yesterday told a Supreme Court jury how he was slashed by a knife wielding robber.

Woody's Drive-In's bar manager Owen Trott was testifying in the trial of accused robber Randolph Lightbourne.

Lightbourne, 31, of Devon Spring Road, Devonshire, has denied robbing Woody's Drive In in Sandys and wounding Mr. Trott, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, on December 22, 1995.

Yesterday, the 11-woman, one-man jury listened to Mr. Trott recall how he was slashed in the hand, chin and the back of his shoulder by a masked robber.

The 55-year-old bar manager said he secured the bar's money bags in a safe, set a security alarm and was locking a deadbolt shortly after 1 a.m. when he was punched in the chin. That blow later caused one of Mr. Trott's teeth to drop out.

"Then a person came at me with a knife,'' he said. "I put my hands up to defend myself and I got cut between the thumb and forefinger and chin.'' Mr. Trott said the cut to his hand left him with no feeling in his finger.

And he told the court that he also received a stab wound to the back of his shoulder.

"The doctors said that if it was a little deeper it would have hit my lung.'' The jury heard that the knife wielding robber ordered Mr. Trott to reopen the bar's door.

"At the time he sounded like a Jamaican, but later on I found out that it was a Bermudian because I heard him speak later on.'' Mr. Trott said the robber became agitated when he could not get the safe open.

"He kept flicking the knife around my neck,'' he recalled. "He was telling me to hurry up. That was when the Bermudian accent started coming out.'' While the robber was emptying the safe, Mr. Trott said he attempted to escape but was thwarted by the second bandit who was waiting outside of the building.

"The other person confronted me and asked me `where the f..k are you going','' he testified. "I stopped in my tracks.'' Mr. Trott said the culprits pushed him inside the bar's ice room where they tied up his arms and feet. The bandits then fled the scene.

"I was able to free my hands and I hopped into the office to use the phone but the line was cut,'' he recalled. "I then hopped into the bar area and used the phone to call 911.'' Mr. Trott also provided a vague description of the culprits for the court, saying the second burglar was shorter than the one that attacked him.

"The first one was around my height,'' he said. "The second one was maybe five-foot-six or eight, kind of stocky and was wearing a stocking, hat and coat.

"The attacker's coat appeared to be 3 length. He was also wearing a stocking and hat.'' Both robbers were also wearing gloves during the estimated five minute ordeal.

During cross examination by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, Mr. Trott maintained that his attacker was the same height as him -- around six-feet tall.

"It would take me a long time to forget this,'' he said. "All I can say is that I could look the guy in the eyes.'' The jury also heard testimony from one of the first officers to reach the scene of the crime.

P.c. Simon Payne told the court that during the one minute journey to Woody's from the Somerset Police Station, he and his partner spotted a car.

"About 30 meters west of Watford Bridge a light blue, four door car passed us,'' he said. "I saw the registration number and wrote it down on the inside of my left hand.'' He said the car was about 200 yards from Woody's when he first spotted it.

P.c. Payne said he could not see who was inside the car which was estimated to be driving around 50 kph.

And he told the court that the light blue car was the only vehicle the officers passed that night during their one minute journey.

Under cross examination, P.c. Payne admitted that he did not know exactly where the car began its journey.

The case continues today with Chief Justice Austin Ward. Patrick Doherty is appearing for the Crown and Ms Christopher represents Lightbourne.