Victim stabbed 'with moderate force', court told

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard that the victim, who received a total of 16 stab wounds, was stabbed with "moderate force" with an eight-inch kitchen knife, the state pathologist told a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

Alan Keogh (aged 32), of Wellmount Green, Finglas and Gary McNevin (aged 31), of no fixed abode but with an address at Glenhill Road, Finglas, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Peter Mitchell (aged 32), of Monasterboice Road, Crumlin, at Monasterboice Road between and inclusive of October 17-20, 2003.