A pathologist has been giving evidence to a Belfast court about the injuries sustained by Robert McCartney who died after he was stabbed in the city in 2005.
Deputy state pathologist for Northern Ireland Dr Alistair Bentley conducted a post mortem on Mr McCartney's remains.
He told Belfast Crown Court the 33-year old died from a stab wound to his stomach after he was brought to the Royal Victoria Hospital following the attack in January 2005.
He said Mr McCartney suffered three heart attacks before he died.
Dr Bentley also detailed several facial injuries including a fractured nose and a number of cuts to Mr McCartney's right eye that he said could have been caused by something like a shard of glass.
In a previous hearing Mr McCartney's friend Brendan Devine told the court he allegedly saw 51-year-old Terence Davison 'gouging' at the face of the deceased.
Mr Davison denies murdering Mr McCartney and a further charge of causing an affray.
When asked by defence counsel Orlando Pownall if the injuries to the right eye were consistent with 'gouging', the pathologist said it was 'highly, highly unlikely'.
Mr Pownall also questioned Dr Bentley about Mr McCartney's broken nose.
A prosecution witness known as Witness 'C' had stated she saw a 'white-haired man' she later identified as Mr Davison allegedly kicking Mr McCartney several times in the back and in the head as he lay on the ground.
Dr Bentley said if Mr McCartney had been kicked in the face with the full force of an adult male, he would have expected to see more fractures of the facial bones.
Earlier Witness 'C' denied she had made a mistake when identifying the man accused of killing Mr McCartney.
