Beloved Bolton dad died after fatal stabbing to head, court hears

A father-of-two died from after being stabbed in the head leaving a severe and devastating injury to the brain, a court heard. Raja Ghulam Rasool sadly died last year on November 20 after he was attacked outside an address in Luton five days prior (November 15).

During a murder trial over the death of the Bolton businessman at Luton Crown Court, Pathologist Dr Virginia Fitzpatrick-Swallow told the court that a knife went through the skin, into the temporal bone and into brain tissue.

She said: “It cut through many important structures of the brain. As a result there has been a lot of bleeding. He survived several days, but there were very severe and devastating injuries to the brain.”

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Dr Fitzpatrick-Swallow said there were three other stab injuries that would not have proved fatal. One of these was to the left side of the head behind the left ear, another on the neck and the other on the right thigh.

The pathologist was giving evidence at the trial of a teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons. The prosecution say the 16-year-old posted a video of the victim on Snapchat after he had stabbed him.

Prosecutor Sarah Morris told Luton Crown Court that before the attack the teenager was heard to shout: “I am going to kill him!”

“One wound entered the brain and caused a catastrophic fatal injury. The victim lay down on a bed and was bleeding very heavily. The defendant took a short video on his mobile phone. It was 6 or 7 seconds long and was uploaded to the social media site Snapchat,” she said.

Under cross-examination by Naeem Mian QC for the 16-year-old accused of Mr Raja’s murder, the pathologist agreed she