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Perth stab victim Cameron Rae died after being knifed through the diaphragm and lung, a high court murder trial has heard. As the trial entered its third day of evidence, the jury heard from pathologist Dr Tamara McNamee, who examined the tragic 20-year-old’s body after his death in the city’s South Methven Street on April 8 2023.

He had been stabbed three times in the so-called party flat, before murder accused Caleb Ferguson, 20, fled with a friend after the authorities had been alerted.

He was pronounced dead shortly after police found him.

Dr McNamee said the fatal blow had penetrated to an approximate depth of almost 11cm.

It had punctured Mr Rae’s diaphragm and caused damage to his spleen and a major blood vessel, resulting in almost a litre of blood loss into his chest cavity.

She said this was “clinically the most significant stab wound”.