Overview

• A Home Office post-mortem reported 27 incised wounds—18 stab and nine slash—with defensive injuries, and recorded stab wounds to the chest as the cause of death.
• The court heard that Campbell was on the phone when a friend heard her shout “go away, get out Mick” followed by a loud bang before the friend called 999.
• Prosecutors allege Michael Ormandy entered Campbell’s flat and stabbed her many times with intent to kill, while the defence says he acted in self-defence after disarming her.
• Police said officers gave first aid at Knowsley Heights before Campbell died in hospital; Ormandy was arrested minutes earlier, and a mobile phone was later recovered from a canal.
• The case is before Judge Andrew Menary KC with a jury of nine men and three women at Liverpool Crown Court, and the trial is expected to run for around two weeks.