Overview
- Jurors were sworn at Mold Crown Court, and the judge said the case is expected to continue into next week.
- The prosecution alleges Ince ran from a flat and punched Ithell after a visit to the wrong address to buy drugs, causing him to fall into a fence and later die.
- CCTV and witness accounts set out a timeline in which police encountered a disoriented Ithell at 2:20am, he refused medical help, was later found in a bush, and died in hospital at 11:05am.
- Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rogers told the court that facial injuries were consistent with a forceful punch and a skull fracture was consistent with a backward fall onto an unyielding surface.
- Jurors heard messages in which another man said he could not “take the wrap,” a partner told Ince he “hit the lad,” and that Ince saved searches about manslaughter and bail, while Ince pleads not guilty and says he only pushed Ithell.