Overview

• Michael Ormandy, 34, denies murdering Rebekah Campbell at her Huyton flat in April and has pleaded not guilty.
• Prosecutors say Campbell was stabbed many times, with a Home Office post-mortem recording 18 stab and nine slash wounds and identifying chest stab wounds as the cause of death.
• The court heard Campbell told neighbours "my fella stabbed me" and asked an officer "am I gonna die?" before she died in hospital hours later.
• Ormandy’s account claims Campbell declared she had a knife, that he disarmed her, and that he struck back in self-defence during a struggle.
• A jury of nine men and three women is hearing the case at Liverpool Crown Court before Judge Andrew Menary KC, with proceedings expected to run about one to two weeks.