Key Events So Far 58 mins ago ALISON WILSON MURDER TRIAL 11:36 DUGGAN
Duggan is defended by Peter Birkett, QC, and junior counsel Ian McMeekin.
The defendant, with short dark hair, has been brought into court.
He is wearing a black suit with a white shirt and blue tie in the dock.
11:36 TRIAL JUDGE AND COUNSEL
The trial judge is High Court judge Mr Justice Timothy Holroyde.
The case is being prosecuted by Gordon Cole, QC, and his junior counsel Simon Duncan.
Duggan is defended by Peter Birkett, QC, and his junior counsel Ian McMeekin.
Key event ALISON WILSON MURDER TRIAL
A man will go on trial today accused of murdering Good Samaritan mum-of-two Alison Wilson.
Stephen Duggan, 28, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 36-year-old, from Widnes, but denies her murder on Saturday, March 7 this year.
He is alleged to have thrust a broken wine bottle into Ms Wilson
s neck after she tried to stop him attacking a woman in Frank Street, Halton View, Widnes.
Duggan, of no fixed address, has admitted assaulting the woman and wounding another passer-by, Anthony Tomlinson, 43, who was in a taxi with Ms Wilson.
However, the defendant denies the wounding with intent of Mr Tomlinson and a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm against a baby who was at the scene.
Doctors tried to save Miss Wilson but she died six days later in hospital on March 13.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/