Knife sliced through victim's heart, court hears

The Central Criminal trial of a Limerick student accused of fatally stabbing a 59-year-old man has heard that the deceased died from a single stab wound to the chest.

Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis told Mr John Aylmer SC, prosecuting that Mr Liam O'Donovan died from a single wound that penetrated his chest to a depth of 17cms.