Trial continues for two men accused of murdering Ngor Bol on Anzac Day 2022
The seconds before a man was allegedly stabbed to death outside a CBD university campus have been released, as a court hears fear could have sped his demise.
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CCTV footage has captured the moment a man was chased down a CBD street just moments before he was allegedly stabbed to death – with a court hearing that fear could have sped his demise.
Two men have been charged with murdering Ngor Bol after the alleged altercation on North Tce outside the Uni SA City West Campus on Anzac Day in 2022. They have both pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors allege that at 2am, the duo, armed with a knife, chased Mr Bol from Morphett St, through Sia Furler Lane and the University campus, before brutally bashing and stabbing him at the intersection of Fenn Place and North Tce.
Mr Bol died on the road shortly after.
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CCTV footage released by the court shows Mr Bol running down North Tce holding a white cap being chased by one of his alleged attackers.
The cap is later seen in a photograph to have blood splatters on it.
Giving evidence on Friday, forensic scientist Roger Byard said Mr Bol was stabbed a total of six times, including to his upper chest and abdomen.
Mr Byard said Mr Bol’s blood-alcohol level was estimated at 0.24 per cent – but could have been higher - and he had low levels of cocaine in his system.
“In terms of the speed, I think that death would have been more rapid because of his fear, the pain and the alcohol would also increase his pulse,” he said.
In her opening statement, prosecutor Karen Ingleton told the jury that, earlier in the evening, a group of young African men spent several hours on Hindley St before some of them were captured on CCTV running in a westerly direction towards Morphett St.
They were then seen running towards the university, when CCTV allegedly captured a man, believed to be Mr Bol, being “chased by a number of men”.
“Mr Bol runs down a street, and then turns and runs down Fenn Place to the intersection with North Tce,” Ms Ingleton said.
She said one of the accused men then stabbed him six times in the middle of the road, while the other then stomped on and kicked his head.
She said the second man stood there watching Mr Bol being stabbed, before “deliberately stomping on the right side of his head and neck”.
“Then they both turn and run away.”
A University of South Australia staff member was storing his bike in the City West campus bike shed the following day when he noticed a knife on the ground and called security.
Steven Millsteed KC, for one of the accused men, however said his client was not responsible for the “savage” attack.
“It would not be an argument from defence that Mr Bol was not murdered. The pivotal issue in (my client’s) case is the prosecution’s contention that he was the stabber,” he said.
The trial, before a jury, continues.
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