Blackpool murder trial jurors are shown photographs taken in resort flat at centre of probe

The 35-year-old died in the Blackpool Victoria Hospital at around 8.24pm on Sunday, October 27, 2019 - the day after he was set upon on Queen Victoria Road, Blackpool, close to the junction with Levens Grove, Blackpool.

A post mortem examination showed he had suffered three separate stab wounds to the legs, one of which severed his popliteal artery, with bruises and abrasions resulting from blunt impact trauma, some of which were caused during the fatal assault and others due to contact with the ground.

Despite surgery and blood transfusions Mr Kam died 33 hours after the alleged attack.

Christopher Carrington, 26, of no fixed address, Shaquille Cumberbatch, 27, of Montrose Avenue, Edgware, London, Kevin Gracia, 26, of Hilltop Avenue, London, and Munochismo Eriken, 28, of South Green, London, deny his murder and are on trial at Preston Crown Court.

It is alleged they had been in a flat on Central Drive before and after the attack on Mr Kam.

The prosecutions' case is that Mr Kam was cycling back from a nearby McColl's when the men pulled up in a Volkswagen Golf and attacked him.

A police officer involved in the investigation is currently in the witness stand confirming what the photographs show to prosecutor Peter Reid QC.

Among the evidence is a picture of a phone with a broken screen found in the flat, which the prosecution say contained blood that matched the DNA of one of the defendants.

There are photographs of a bin in the kitchen in which a bag of several broken up phones were found.

In addition, jurors were given pictures of the outside of the flat, the general area and layout of roads around it, which were taken from a drone, following the find of the vehcile the prosecution say was used by the defendants.

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