A BLOODSTAINED T-shirt was displayed before a jury at Leeds Crown Court in the case of a Huddersfield man charged with the murder of a promising rugby player.

The prosecution produced a lilac top worn by 21-year-old Kristienne Wood on September 22 last year - the night ex-boyfriend Mark Fisher, 18, of Chickenley was stabbed to death.

James Samuels, 22, of Towngate, Newsome, denies murdering Mr Fisher at the home of work colleague Wood.

Dr Deborah Sharp, a forensic scientist, who attended the scene of the killing, told the court bloodstains from Fisher and Samuels were found all round the ground floor of the house in Woodburn Avenue, Earlshearton, where Wood lived with her parents.

She said Wood's T-shirt was heavily stained with Mr Fisher's blood and it had soaked through to Wood's underwear. The shirt produced in court had a large, palm-sized stain on the front and splashes of blood on the back.

Dr Sharp said: "It would indicate that Kristienne Wood had prolonged contact with Mark Fisher after he was injured and bleeding heavily."

Dr Sharp said she found samples of Mr Fisher's blood on the side door of the house and the wheeled bin and traces of Samuels' blood on the doorstep.

Inside the house there were signs of a scuffle in the lounge.

The waste paper bin was knocked over, an earring and its back were on the carpet, a glass vase was smashed and a pot plant knocked over.

Traces of Mr Fisher's blood were found on a settee by the window and Samuels' blood was on another couch.

Mr Richard Gaunt, a neighbour of Wood, told the court he was woken by his wife at 2am on September 22, 2002, after she heard noises outside.

"I heard a terrific bang," he said.

Mr Gaunt got up and went outside to investigate.

"There was certainly a fracas or an incident taking place."

He could hear two male voices and one female. The tone was "very, very angry" with bad language.

Mr Gaunt said he thought things then took a more serious turn.

"The female voice sounded hysterical and she shouted `Get out of my house'."

He then heard her in a more serious voice saying "put the knife down".

Mrs Deborah White, a scenes of crime officer, told the court how she found a knife

between the side of the greenhouse and the garden wall.

Wood has been charged with perverting the course of justice by hiding the knife behind the greenhouse. She has pleaded not guilty.

The case continues.