Vic man tried to crawl away from attacker

By Jacqueline Le

MELBOURNE, Oct 12 AAP - A Melbourne homeless man tried to crawl away from his attacker as he was stabbed to death with such force that some of his wounds were deeper than the blade of the knife, a court has heard.

Former Melbourne Grammar student Easton George Woodhead, 20, has pleaded not guilty to murdering homeless man Morgan Wayne "Mouse" Perry in a park near the city's CBD last year on the grounds of mental impairment.

Pathologist Malcolm Dodd on Monday told Woodhead's Victorian Supreme Court trial that Mr Perry died of acute blood loss caused by multiple stab wounds on January 5 last year.

The stab wounds found on his body included an incision that went though Mr Perry's cheek bone into his sinuses, the pathologist said.

Mr Perry, 42, also had a stab wound to the side of his chest that had travelled upwards towards his mid-line.

"Was this consistent with a person being stabbed while crawling away?" prosecutor Michele Williams asked.

"Yes," Mr Dodd said.

Some of Mr Perry's injuries were inflicted with "some force", the pathologist said.

"The depth of the wound has actually exceeded the length of the blade," Mr Dodd said.

A woman who had been sleeping near Mr Perry has testified she saw Woodhead jump on top of her friend, who was hunched on a mattress.

Ms Goulter was already on the phone to Triple 0 about Woodhead waving a knife around when she saw him stab Mr Perry.

A recording of that 5.28am phone call was played to the jury.

Ms Goulter can be heard explaining to the operator where they were in Enterprise Park before she starts screaming.

"He just stabbed the **** out of him ... the back, the face, everywhere," she tells the operator.

The trial has been adjourned until Tuesday.