Lucy McHugh murder trial: what we have heard so far

Court hears that 13-year-old girl was stabbed 27 times during attack last July

Lucy McHugh
Lucy McHugh
(Image credit: Hampshire Police)

Schoolgirl Lucy McHugh died as a result of “catastrophic bleeding” after she was stabbed and slashed 27 times with a knife, a court has heard.

Stephen Nicholson, 25 and of no fixed address, is accused of murdering the 13-year-old, who suffered stab wounds to her upper body during the attack at a Southampton sports centre in July last year.

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