Massive wound killed stab victim

A BRAZILIAN living in Charleville died from a massive knife wound which entered under his ear and penetrated to the lining of his chest, a court heard.

Jose Claudio Domingos, who worked as a butcher for 12 years in Brazil before coming to this country, denies the murder of Alberto Do Prado Oliveira, aged 47 at a flat in Main Street, Charleville, on September 21, 2006.

Domingos, aged 44, with an address at Old Limerick Road, Charleville, said that he never intended to harm Alberto.