Teenaged murder victim Kellon Hill suffered cuts to his left arm as he tried to fend off his attacker, a court heard.

Chitra Rao, the forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem examination on Mr. Hill, said the 18-year-old's wounds were akin to someone trying to "protect his body" from assault.

Mr. Hill died from a stab wound to the heart at a party at Elbow Beach on August 9, 2008.

Kellan Lewis, 18, denies murder and possession of a knife.

The prosecution says Mr. Hill was stabbed after trying to retrieve a gold chain which Lewis allegedly snatched from around his neck.

Lewis was one of seven teenagers arrested by Police in the early hours of August 10, 2008, on suspicion of involvement in his death.

The incident took place in the public access road to Elbow Beach, as Mr. Hill was leaving at around 11 p.m. The Crown says he was set upon by Lewis, 18, Gary Hollis, 16, Zharrin Simmons, 17, Devon Hairston, 18, and Kevin Warner, 19.

He was attacked with a walking cane, motorcycle helmets and a knife. The prosecution say he was also stabbed with a screwdriver but that the fatal wound was caused by a knife.

Yesterday the court heard a transcript of an interview with Dr. Rao, who could not be present to give evidence.

The pathologist, from Ontario, Canada, said Mr. Hill received a stab wound believed to be caused by a knife which pierced his heart. He also suffered wounds to his left forearm.

Dr. Rao said these cuts represented "defence wounds".

"That means the individual is trying to protect his body, if it's aiming at the chest," she said.

"They're protecting whichever area they think is going to be attacked. They expose the arm to ward off the attack."

Crown counsel Rob Welling then read an admission by the defence, which stated Lewis and the four other alleged attackers did not receive any injuries themselves.

"It is admitted on August 10, 2008, that Dr. G. T. Heir examined Gary Hollis, Kellan Lewis, Devon Hairston, Zharrin Simmons and Kevin Warner.

"In each case Dr. Heir found no bodily injuries," said Mr. Welling.

The court then heard evidence from Antoine Cannonier, a forensic technician for the Bermuda Police Service.

Mr. Cannonier's job is to retrieve evidence from cell phones, personal computers, hard drives and flash drives, data which is either deleted or present.

The forensic technician said he received Lewis' Motorola cell phone from Detective Constable Warren Bundy on August 10, 2008, and extracted data from it.

This included SMS text messages, the contacts list, logged dialled and received calls and any other messages.

The jury heard the message times were set at US Eastern time. All messages below are therefore one hour behind Bermuda time.

Between 10.43 p.m. and 11.33 p.m. Lewis sent a text message to a teenaged girl, saying: "People saying it was me baby?"

At 11.33 p.m., she replied: "Yep."

Between 12.05 a.m. and 12.10 a.m. she said: "I heard you did it."

He responded: "I don't know Mels," followed by "No man, I'm telling you."

Lewis also sent a message to the girl saying: "Mel it's crazy right now."

He later received a message from a teenaged boy at 12.56 a.m. which asked: "U OK?".

"Yeah now," Lewis replied.

In the early hours of the morning he received a message: "Word from my ace girl from the force [Police]. They're looking for everyone."

The trial continues.