A catalogue of injuries sustained by a Ukrainian woman who was left to die a slow and agonising death was yesterday presented to jurors as forensic experts took the witness stand in a murder trial.

A pelvis broken in three places, 94 bruises and a black eye were some of the injuries that 35-year-old Lyudmila Nykytiuk received. However, had she been given medical assistance she would probably have survived, the experts testified.

The graphic photos were presented to the jurors in what was the fifth and final day of the prosecution’s case against her husband, Sergii, 41, of St Paul’s Bay who is pleading not guilty to her murder on November 8, 2009 in Ramon Perellos Street.

Taking the witness stand, clinical forensic physician Mario Scerri exhibited photos which showed grip marks along her neck, arms and legs as well as scratches inflicted by finger nails on her forehead and right side.

He told jurors that the victim had been badly beaten before the fall down a three-storey shaft. She died from internal haemorrhaging which lasted a number of hours – a slow and painful death.

Had the victim been given medical treatment she would have probably survived, he said.

Pathologists Marie Therese Camilleri Podesta and Ali Safraz confirmed this and said that the fact the internal bleeding was so slow increased her chances of being saved.

They said that she also suffered tears in her liver and spleen and the fact that her pelvis broke in three places also tore a main artery which led to the massive but slow bleeding.

Hector Galea, a professor who specialises in dental forensics, told the court he found two bite marks pertaining to her husband on her left breast while the accused had 17 bite marks on his chest and shoulders made by his wife.

He also had a self-inflicted bite mark on his hand.

The trial continues.