"The shorter guy was charging towards the taller guy with his arms swinging in a roundhouse sort of motion and the taller guy was backing up with his hands up in the air, retreating back." A promising rugby league player died after his jugular vein was severed and he went into "irreversible shock", a pathologist has told the court. "The taller guy was trying to defend himself, the shorter guy was very aggressive . Vincent Angene Skeen, 18, is on trial accused of the murder of 17-year-old Luke Tipene in the early hours of November 1, 2014. Morrow told the court a sharp instrument had passed through the neck, caused an incision in the jugular vein and hit the voice box in a "slightly downward motion".

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2016 00:22 UTC