Los Angeles, Thursday
THE first policeman to arrive at the spot where O J Simpson's ex-wife
and her friend were murdered today gave graphic evidence of their
blood-soaked bodies and of bloody footprints leaving the scene.
Robert Riske told Simpson's double murder trial in Los Angeles that he
saw ''a female, white, in a black, black dress, lying in a puddle of
blood on the walkway.'' He identified the body as that of Nicole Brown
Simpson. A pool of blood under her flowed down towards the sidewalk.
Riske said one of 25-year-old Ronald Goldman's eyes was still open. He
prodded the eyeball to see if he could get any reaction but he was dead.
Photographs of the bodies were displayed on a large screen for the
jury who saw Nicole Simpson curled at the bottom of steps, her head a
mass of blood partially covered by blood-matted blonde hair, and her
bare legs smeared in blood.
Goldman was resting against a fence, his blood-covered shirt pulled
partially over his head, and his jeans soaked in more blood.
Simpson, an American footballer turned film actor, has denied stabbing
his ex-wife and Goldman to death.
Riske said he saw a trail of bloody footprints leading from the
pavement outside Nicole Simpson's home towards the front door and then
along an alleyway along the side of the house.--Reuter
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