JACKSON: I WAS FIGHTING WITH KNIVES

MURDER-ACCUSED Corrine Jackson told medical staff after her arrest that she had sustained injuries because "she was fighting with knives with another person who died".

This was heard by Mitchells Plain Regional Court where Jackson stands accused of murdering of her estranged girlfriend Nadine Esterhuizen on the afternoon of 27 September 2017.

The State is set to prove that Jackson, attempted to behead Esterhuizen inside a house in Colorado Park, Mitchells Plain and stabbed her 21 times.

Jackson was arrested after she was found inside a locked bathroom and had two daggers in her possession.

Esterhuizen, 18, of Mitchells Plain, was a matriculant at Athlone High School and opened up a case of assault and a protection order against Jackson prior to her death, following an incident at Strandfontein Pavilion.

Jackson is out on R5 000 bail, and is being represented by Advocate Asghar Mia.

On Wednesday, as Forensic State Pathologist, Varushka Bachan took the witness stand, she was asked to use her experience and qualifications in Emergency Medical Services and as a Medical Practitioner, to explain the medical report obtained following Jackson’s arrest.

Jackson had wounds, which were described as superficial lacerations to her neck and above the hip and chest which was coded yellow which was not life threatening.

Dr Bachan said according to the records by the doctor who had attended to her, the wounds appeared to be self-inflected and that she was to be placed on suicide watch.

She said the records stated that Jackson claimed it was sustained during an altercation: “The history was fighting with another person, they used knives and the other person had demised.”

The State asked whether the wounds were self-inflicted based on its location on the body, to which Bachan said it was very possible.

She further stated that the records showed Jackson had older self-inflicted wounds, which were now scars.

While Bachan described all of this, Jackson for the first time since the trial commenced, reacted to what had been said and asked to speak with her lawyer.

Bachan had given chilling and gripping details of Esterhuizen's post-mortem stating that the killer had tried to behead her by cutting her neck and head.

Esterhuizen was stabbed 21 times and had defensive wounds to her hands and fingers.

Bachan said the killer had ripped or torn out her long clumps of black hair and that a cup of blood had been found in the kitchen when describing the crime scene.

The trial continues on 4 November.