Deputy State pathologist gives evidence at murder trial

A Chinese man fatally stabbed after an intruder broke into his house died from a single stab wound to the chest the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Dr Michael Curtis, the deputy state pathologist told Mr George Birmingham SC, prosecuting, that Mr Zhi Song (aged 23) died from a single wound approximately 16cm long, which passed through the left ventricle of the heart and into his left lung.