PICTOU, N.S. – Crown prosecutors say they will continue to methodically lay out their case Wednesday in the trial of a Nova Scotia man accused in the 2011 stabbing death of 19-year-old Amber Kirwan.
Bill Gorman told the first-degree murder trial of Christopher Falconer that Kirwan’s naked body was found face down in a grave off a rural road near New Glasgow about a month after she disappeared following a night out at a local pool hall.
Gorman told the court in Pictou that Kirwan bled to death as a result of repeated stabbing.
Outside court Tuesday, Gorman described Kirwan’s death as “gruesome.”
The 31-year-old accused was charged in May 2012.
Co-counsel Patrick Young says the prosecution will continue to establish the facts of the case through the testimony of nearly 40 witnesses.
The trial started Monday and is expected to continue for a month.
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