Murder trial hears knife was allegedly thrown into Uni SA bike cage after alleged fatal stabbing of Ngor Bol in Adelaide CBD
Ngor Bol was allegedly stabbed and stomped to death by two men in April 2022. (Facebook)
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Two men are standing trial in the SA Supreme Court accused of the April 2022 stabbing and stomping murder of Ngor Bol in Adelaide's CBD.
The jury of 13 people were told two young women witnessed the alleged murder.
What's next?
The trial is continuing.
A murder trial will hear from two young women who allegedly witnessed a man being stabbed and stomped to death in Adelaide's CBD in April 2022.
Two men are standing trial in the Supreme Court accused of murdering Ngor Bol on North Terrace in the early hours of Anzac Day.
In her opening address, prosecutor Karen Ingleton told a 13-person jury that Mr Bol was involved in an altercation on Sia Furler Lane, before he was chased to North Terrace.
She said the two young women were waiting at a pedestrian crossing on North Terrace when a man with a blue cap and a man with a "puffer style" jacket caught up with Mr Bol near the Uni SA Dental school.
"As Mr Bol stood there … the man in a blue hat who had been chasing Mr Bol, came up (and) punched or stabbed at him," Ms Ingleton said.
"Mr Bol attempted to get away … by running into the intersection of North Terrace and George Street."
"The man in the puffer-style jacket, kicked at Mr Bol's legs – tripping him over and causing him to fall to the ground."
Ms Ingleton said the man in the blue cap then "set upon" Mr Bol with a knife and "repeatedly" stabbed him.
"When he was done, the man in the puffer style jacket who had been standing there just watching ... stomped on Mr Bol's head or neck area," she said.
A jury of 13 people has been empanelled to hear evidence in the murder trial. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
Ms Ingleton told the jury that CCTV captured a lot of what unfolded in the early hours of Anzac Day including footage of the alleged "stabber" throwing an object into a bike cage at the Uni SA campus.
"The following day … a member of staff at Uni SA walked into the secure bike cage … and you wouldn't believe it but on the ground in the cage was a knife in a sheath," Ms Ingleton said.
The court heard the knife contained the alleged stabber's DNA and the alleged victim's – plus other DNA profiles.
The accused stabber's defence lawyer, Steven Milsteed KC, told the jury the prosecution's case was based on circumstantial evidence.
"The presence of the DNA of the knife ... does not necessarily mean that [my client] held the knife or even touched the knife at any stage," Mr Milsteed said.
The trial later heard from Sergeant Anthony Coad, one of the first police officers on the scene.
Sergeant Coad told the jury he attended to the alleged victim and noticed several chest and abdomen wounds, along with a large amount of blood.
"I could see upwards of three stab wounds to his upper chest, and what appeared to be a stab wound to his lower abdomen," he said.
Sergeant Coad said the man became unresponsive just as SA Ambulance officers arrived.
The trial is continuing.