Bailey Gwynne murder trial told teenager stabbed in heart
The trial of a teenager accused of the murder of the pupil from a school in Aberdeen is underway
A teenager died after being knifed in the heart during a fight at his school, a murder trial has heard.
Bailey Gwynne, 16, was fatally injured at Cults Academy in Aberdeen in October last year.
Witnesses have begun giving evidence at the High Court in the city, where a youth is accused of murdering the school boy.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies the charge.
Sobs were heard in court as details of the incident on October 28 were given at the start of the trial, which is expected to last up to five days.
The jury was read a statement containing facts agreed by prosecutors and the defence. It said: "The accused became engaged in a fight with Bailey Gwynne... in the course of which Bailey Gwynne was struck on the body with a knife by the accused, thereby causing his death.''
The court heard Bailey suffered a "penetrating wound to the heart'' and a post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be the result of a "penetrating stab-force injury to the chest''.
The trial at the High Court in Aberdeen is expected to last five days.