FED: Patton's injuries detailed at murder hearing = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2006
FED: Patton's injuries detailed at murder hearing = 2

Dr Cala believed Ms Patton had been subjected to a sustained and "extremely violent"

assault and had suffered fractures to her ribs, skull and pelvis.

"There were injuries which caused blood loss and a degree of incapacity, that in combination
with that stab wound to the chest, led to her death," Dr Cala told Norfolk Island Magistrates
Court.

"Some of these injuries were more life threatening and serious than others but it was
the combined effect of those injuries which ultimately led to her death."

Dr Cala said Ms Patton's attacker may have been sprayed with blood and could have been injured.

As McNeill's lawyer, Peter Garling SC, questioned Dr Cala in detail about the stab
wounds, Ms Patton's father Ron left the court in tears followed by his wife Carol.

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