Victim died of blood loss and organ damage, court told

Stab victim Tomas Lukosevicious died from blood loss and damage to internal organs from nine stab wounds, state pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told the Central Criminal Court today.

She was giving evidence in the trial of Valerij Makarov, aged 25, also known as "Andris Simonis", Earlsfort Drive, Lucan, Co Dublin, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Tomas Lukosevicious, aged 30, on May 11, 2003 in Lucan.