A forensic expert giving evidence in a north-east murder trial has said it is possible the man who died was stamped on.
Tomas Gulbinavicius, 33, and Janis Karajevs, 30, are on trial at the High Court in Aberdeen, accused of killing housemate Aleksejus Zarskus at a property in King Street earlier this year.
They are accused of repeatedly punching and kicking him and stamping on his head on January 15.
Emergency services were called to the property and attempted to resuscitate Mr Zarskus but he died three days later.
Yesterday Dr Matthew Lyall, a pathologist who carried out a post-mortem examination, revealed the extend of injuries suffered.
He said 10 separate wounds were identified on the head and neck.
He added it was likely the patterned bruising on the forehead was the result of contact from a shoe.
But defence counsel Murray Macara, representing Gulbinavicius, asked him: “Are there other possibilities, such as him falling and hitting his head?”
He replied: “I favour the explanation that he was struck, however I see what you are suggesting and I am not ruling it out.”
