Overview

• Jack Naylor, 22, denies murdering Thomas Gomm during a boozy December 15 gathering at his mother’s home ahead of the defendant’s 22nd birthday.
• A Home Office pathologist told jurors that Gomm died two days after the attack from traumatic head injuries and extensive bruising to his head and neck.
• CCTV from a nearby Premier shop was presented to contradict Naylor’s claim that Gomm’s injuries were sustained before the gathering.
• Prosecutors portrayed Gomm as vulnerable due to chronic alcoholism, liver problems and restricted mobility compared with a younger, stronger attacker.
• Naylor also faces charges of assaulting two police officers and racially aggravated harassment after allegedly resisting arrest with aggression and slurs.