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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Rib fractures of park attack victim unlikely to be from fall, murder trial told

Three rib fractures suffered by an 80-year-old who died of a spinal injury after being attacked in a park are unlikely to have been caused by a simple fall, a pathologist has told a court.

Home Office-approved forensic pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton told jurors that a likely explanation for the broken ribs suffered by Bhim Kohli “would be something heavy striking the rib cage” – with a “single impact” failing to account for all three injuries.

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