The jury in the case of Andre Hypolite, the man accused of murdering Nicholas Dill, heard him give the final evidence in the case yesterday.

Concluding his testimony in his own defence, Hypolite detailed to the Supreme Court jury what he said were injuries sustained in the incident.

He claims he was the victim, not the perpetrator of the violence on the morning in question.

Prosecutors have alleged that Hypolite took drugs with Mr. Dill, 44, and his girlfriend Stacey Pike, now 37, at their Warwick home on Boxing Day 2004. He is alleged to have stabbed Mr. Dill in the back after he changed his mind about participating in a sex act with him.

It is further alleged that Hypolite chopped Ms Pike in the head when she tried to intervene by grabbing a machete. She said during her evidence earlier in the trial – now in its third week – that she subsequently hit him with the machete.

The accused man is said to have escaped through a window after the Police were called. He denies murder and wounding Ms Pike with intent to cause her grievous bodily harm.

Hypolite claims that he came under attack from both Mr. Dill and Ms Pike on the date in question after Mr. Dill walked in on him and Ms Pike about to have sex. He denies suggesting or being involved in any sex act with Mr. Dill.

Yesterday, in his second day on the witness stand, Hypolite, 37, was asked about his injuries by his lawyer, John Perry QC.

He told the jury he suffered cuts and abrasions all over his body, and had been examined by a Police doctor on December 30, after his arrest at a Southampton residence.

Mr. Perry put photographs taken of Hypolite prior to the examination up on a projector screen and asked him to use a laser pointer to show the jurors what he was referring to.

He showed them what he described as a 1.5 inch cut to his left forearm. He said that a cut to his left palm could not be seen in the same photograph because it had been taken from the wrong angle.

He showed what he described as abrasions to his abdominal, chest and back area, but complained his injuries were not visible in one photograph because "it seems to be tinted" and another because "the photo appears dark so I can't see it".

The jury heard a taped Police interview with Hypolite earlier in the case. During this, he was asked by detectives how he ended up with minor wounds during the incident when Mr. Dill and Ms Pike ended up with multiple stab wounds and what a forensic pathologist described as defence wounds to their hands.

He replied: "I'm not sure".

The lawyers in the case are set to deliver their closing speeches to the jury today. Puisne Justice Charles-Etta Simmons will then give legal directions and sum up the evidence before sending the jury out to deliberate on their verdict.