Ryan Passey murder trial: Accused had no injuries after Stourbridge stabbing, court hears
A murder suspect who claimed he was punched moments before he plunged a blade into a nightclub reveller did not have any injuries, a court has heard.
Dr Ehasamur Rahman told jurors he saw no signs of injury when he examined Kobe Murray the day after he allegedly murdered amateur footballer Ryan Passey.
Giving evidence at Birmingham a Crown Court, the medic said he was called to Oldbury police station to inspect the 19-year-old’s body for marks.
Prosecutor Mr Phil Bradley QC said: “Did you notice any recent injuries to him?”
Dr Rahman replied: “No.”
The medic went on to say he only noted tenderness to an ear but no bruising was present.
Punches
Murray, of The Broadway, Dudley, denies murdering Mr Passey at Chicago’s in Stourbridge on August 6.
Mr Passey, of Quarry Bank, was fatally wounded just hours after walking into the Rye Market club.
Both men, who did not know each other, were with friends at the ‘busy’ club when their groups ended up in the same area of the dance floor.
Murray plunged the blade into 24-year-old Mr Passey’s heart after only ’some punches’ were thrown, prosecutors allege.
The defendant was allegedly spotted grasping a five-to-six-inch blade near his waistband before Mr Passey was wounded, the court was told.
During the trial, jurors heard Murray told his father he ‘got the knife and stabbed out’ after claiming Mr Passey punched him.
In a prepared statement handed to police interview, he said he had been ‘attacked’ in Chicago’s but could not ‘recall the exact circumstances’ as he had been drinking and was assaulted.
Mr Bradley told jurors: “The prosecution’s case is that when he drove that knife into Ryan Passey, Kobe Murray did so deliberately and with the intention of causing Mr Passey really serious harm, and is therefore guilty of murder.”
The trial continues.
