The jury have been sent home for the weekend in the case of a businessman who denies swindling customers of a Topsham boatyard.
Paul Randle is accused of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' by using money from sellers who used the Exe Leisure brokerage to keep the failing business alive.
He was a director of the business, which was based on Topsham Quay, and the sister company Solent Management, which handled the brokerage.
He says co director Andy Bowden handled the finances and gave him to believe there were enough assets to pay all the bills.
Randle, aged 47, of Exeter Road, Topsham, denies fraudulent trading and the jury at Exeter Crown Court will return on Monday to continue their deliberations.
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