Kleenex was passed around and a couple of people had to leave the courtroom on Friday, as the pathologist who did the autopsy on Misha Pavelick in 2006 gave his evidence, complete with photos.

A 36-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in Misha’s death, but was a youth at the time, so he cannot be publicly named.

Dr. Dino Grammatico told court the injury that caused Misha’s death was a stab wound to the chest that went between two of his ribs and punctured his heart. He said the wound would have bled into Misha’s chest, and he would have died within minutes.

Grammatico said the wound track was about 15 centimetres long. He said it was about two centimetres wide, and there was a blunt side and a pointier side.

In cross-examination by defence lawyer Andrew Hitchcock, Grammati

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