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Reminder of the marks and injuries on Libby's body
Justice Lambert continued: “He [Dr Lyall] said there may have been subtle marks that were no longer visible to him.
He noted about 14 marks and he said at the outset that these may be consistent with being caused after death in the water. A lot if not all could be explained in this way.
"He went through the list quite quickly. He recorded in the upper side of the head an area of grazing. No injuries to the back of the skull to the left side of the face there were lots of small areas of grazes similar to what are seen on bodies removed from water.
"Abrasion on the forehead, the nose and the eyelids all consistent with movement of the body in water and he thought all probably happened after death.
"Superficial skin on the ears had been removed in places which could be the result of grazing in the water. Other abrasions all consistent with post-mortem passage of the body in water.
"There was a vertical laceration, a split or a tear caused by blunt force which could have been made by a fist or table on the inner surface of the upper lip.
"He said it could have been caused in water or in life close to the time of death he noted no bruises.
"He said there were no tiny pinprick areas of bleeding where blood comes out of the tiny veins in the body in the lining of the eyes or inner surface of the lips.
"The significance of that he explained that in cases where the body has not been dead for very long you can sometimes see these little bleeds and they can be an indicator of a physical interruption of breezing such as apshyxiation or strangulation.
"Likewise the absence of them did not mean she had not been aspyhixiated. They only remain on a temporary basis and in particular after death they don’t stay for very long.
"It did not exclude mechanical asphyxia. He noted superficial skin loss of the neck and some abrasions to the back of the neck.”
Libby Squire murder trial updates as jury starts fifth day of talks