Jermaine (Red) Pitcher's life was snuffed out in under two minutes, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday in the manslaughter trial of Keniel Ingham.

Ingham, 29, denies that he killed Mr. Pitcher with two other men - Ryan Ball and Jamal Robinson - in a bloody brawl outside a night club on February 27, 2000.

Both Robinson and Ball have already pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Yesterday, eyewitness Eric Wallace told the court he had a clear view of the stabbing attack which lead to Mr. Pitcher's death.

Mr. Wallace was working as a bouncer at Champion's Club on Reid Street at the time. He told the court how, just prior to the attack, he noticed a man lying in the middle of the road, who turned out to be Mr. Pitcher's half-brother.

Mr. Wallace said: "I went down to offer assistance and see who the person was. I didn't know the person so I proceeded to get help."

Mr. Wallace said he was going to go back into the club to call for help but when he turned around Mr. Pitcher was behind him.

On seeing his brother lying in the street, Mr. Pitcher said "what? no" and then started to cross Reid Street.

Mr. Wallace said he then saw three men get out of a grey BMW and chase Mr. Pitcher.

"As they chased him, he ran backwards to keep an eye on the men," said Mr. Wallace. "The guy in front of those chasing him had the knife."

Mr. Wallace said he did not known any of the men chasing the victim but recognised one as 'Knolly' Robinson.

He told the court the three men caught Mr. Pitcher despite his efforts to defend himself by swinging something at them.

"At that point the man with the knife came down in a chopping motion and caught Red in the head,'' Mr. Wallace said.

"Red fell forward and the man with the knife ran behind him and the other two men grabbed Red and began punching him.

"They grabbed his jacket and they were very close to him. The man with the knife behind Red was now stabbing frantically with the knife.

"He was stabbing Red in a jabbing motion while pulling Red by the jacket.

"The stabbing was wild and out of control - a constant motion so wild there was no control over where it was going.

"The distance of the two guys holding Red was so close, I wouldn't be surprised if he stabbed one of them as well because it was just out of control."

Eventually the stabbing stopped and Mr. Pitcher staggered into the street and was helped into a Suzuki which sped away.

Mr. Wallace estimated the entire sequence of events occurred between about 30 seconds and two minutes.

When questioned by Crown Prosecutor Dorien Taylor, Mr. Wallace said that Robinson had been holding Mr. Pitcher on his left side and that he did not get a very good look at the other man.

Defence attorney Venous Telford asked Mr. Wallace whether he had been good friends with Mr. Pitcher and whether they had an argument in the club.

He replied that he'd grown up with Mr. Pitcher in St. David's but had not seen him in years, that he had spoken to him in the club, but they had not argued.

The court also heard yesterday from a blood splatter pattern expert from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Sgt. Alain Richard told the six-man, six-woman jury that he analysed the blood stain patterns on clothing from the victim, Ryan Ball, Jamal Robinson and Keniel Ingham.

Sgt. Richard said that the victim's blood was found on Ingham's right suede shoe and that it would have dripped there from above from either a bloody object or the victim.

Ryan Ball's blood was also found on the same shoe and the court heard it was transferred there from an object with Ball's blood on it.

Ingham's orange sweat pants were soaked in blood which Sgt. Richard said was a result of his own bleeding.

The trial continues today before Assistant Supreme Court Justice Archibald Warner.