stabbed by a 16-year-old, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

This was revealed by a consultant surgeon during day two of the trial against Fredjun Hughes, of Rocklands Road, Warwick.

Hughes has denied wounding with intent and wounding 36-year-old June Hayward, of Smith's Parish, on September 11 last year.

Earlier this week, the seven-man, five-woman jury heard Ms Hayward describe how she met Hughes on September 11 near Devil's Hole after repeated attempts to get money from him for repairs to her bike, which he had borrowed and damaged.

She said she was at a dock looking for Hughes when he produced a knife and stabbed her.

Yesterday, Dr. Wolfgang Spangenberger, a consultant surgeon at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital who treated Ms Hayward, said she suffered a partially-collapsed left lung and sustained some injury to her spleen, which led him to classify the injuries as "life threatening''.

He added that upon performing exploratory surgery on her, he found two lacerations to the front and back of the left lung.

Dr. Spangenberger noted that the weapon used to stab Ms Hayward would have had to have been the depth of her chest to cause the injuries.

During her three-week hospital stay, he said, Ms Hayward spent two days in intensive care and received chest physiotherapy.