A forensic pathologist testified yesterday that the fatal stab wound almost went all the way through the body of Jermaine (Red) Pitcher.

Keniel Alfred Ingham, 33, of Warwick, is charged with unlawfully killing Mr. Pitcher outside of Champions Club on Reid Street over four years ago.

Director of Public Prosecutions Vinette Graham-Allen alleged on the first day of the trial that Mr. Pitcher died after he was in a fight with the defendant and two other men who are not on trial ? Jamal (Knolly) Robinson and Ryan (Tiger) Ball.

Yesterday in Supreme Court, former Government Pathologist Dr. John Obafunwa, who performed the autopsy on Mr. Pitcher, said a fatal stab wound went in between Mr. Pitcher's ribs and through the left lung causing it to collapse.

He said the wound measured ten centimetres by five centimetres and had an indefinite depth into the chest cavity.

He added that muscle was protruding from the wound that ultimately killed Mr. Pitcher.

The court heard that the deceased had a total of 17 external injuries ? including stab wounds, lacerations, bruises and abrasions. The majority of the injuries were on Mr. Pitcher's back.

Mr. Pitcher received two injuries on his face, one gash behind his ear and one on his neck.

The gash on the temple was one of the major injuries and it was six centimetres in length in a gaping one centimetre hole, said Dr. Obafunwa.

The court heard that one of the stab wounds went through a bone just above the buttocks.

Dr. Obafunwa said his findings from the autopsy were a penetrating and fatal stab wound, accumulation of air in the chest cavity, severe blood loss and multiple stab wounds. Alcohol and marijuana were present in the body.

He stressed that it did not mean the marijuana use was recent because traces of it could stay in the body for seven weeks. He also said the alcohol in Mr. Pitcher's body exceeded the legal limit but did not mean that he was drunk.

Dr. Obafunwa found holes in Mr. Pitcher's black leather jacket, which matched up with the wounds he sustained. A picture of a blood-stained white sweater was shown on a large projection screen.

He also examined a small machete about a foot and a half long and almost four inches thick and said the alleged weapon was capable of causing the wounds that the deceased sustained.

The Crown is expected to close its case today in front of Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley.