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wardrobe showing that the clothing which had been hanging inside the wardrobe
was taken out before the body was placed inside the wardrobe. By the side of the
body was found an LP gas cylinder with a rubber hose attached to the requlator
and this hose fitted the hole on the floor of the wardrobe. It appears that the
cvlinder had come from the kitchen but the purpose of placing the cylinder near
the body was not readily discernible from any evidence adduced at the trial.
Other articles found inside the hut, i.e. a beer bottle with about an
inch of beer left inside, and a pack of playing cards on one side of which was
written in English the word "KEUNG" and on the other the words "MA TAK" pointed
the presence of the accused in the hut end a fingerprint examination of the beer
bottle revealed that a print found thereon was his and on a desk inside the hut
there was also a print which matched his.
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Post-mortem examination of the deceased showed that he had been
stabbed a total of 9 times on the upper part of his body with what is commonly
known as a triangular file. There were also 3 small superficial cut wounds on the
left leg near the knee and a small abrasion just above the outer aspect of the
right knee. The cut wounds in the opinion of the forensic pathologist who
examined the body could also have been caused by a sharp instrument such as a
triangular file. He was also of the opinion that the cause of death was due to
1 stab wound to the heart which was inflicted with some degree of force and also
1 stab wound to the right chest, also inflicted with some degree of force.
other stab wounds were not fatal. He is further of the opinion that due to the
lack of any defensive wound found on the deceased that is, wounds sustained as
a result of an immediate and instinctive response to an attack either to ward
off the instrument or attack ar to grab the instrument, and the distribution of
blood over the body being only over the trunk and thigh region, the deceased
was stabbed when he was either in a sitting, squatting, or in a semi-reclining
position. The significance of this opinion was heightened by his further opinion
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