Stab or throw? Biomechanical studies on the injuring potential of glass fragments

Sterzik, Vera; Kneubuehl, Beat; Rupp, Wolf; Bohnert, Michael (2010). Stab or throw? Biomechanical studies on the injuring potential of glass fragments. Forensic science international, 199(1-3), e1-4. Shannon: Elsevier Scientific Publ. Ireland 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.11.023

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During a Christmas party, two male guests started fighting. The perpetrator was allegedly pushed onto a glass table by the victim or fell into the table together with that man so that the glass top broke and caused a cut wound on the perpetrator's back. According to his statement he then threw a fragment of the broken glass table in the direction of the other man hitting him accidentally in a way so that the subclavian artery was severed and he died from exsanguination. Tests on the breaking characteristics of the glass table, the flying behaviour and the kinetics of thrown glass fragments conducted on various models supported the conclusion that the fatal injury on the victim's neck could not have been caused by a thrown glass fragment. It was much more likely that a stab with a blade-shaped glass fragment was the cause of the fatal injuries.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine
UniBE Contributor:	Kneubühl, Beat P.
ISSN:	0379-0738
Publisher:	Elsevier Scientific Publ. Ireland
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:10
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:01
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.11.023
PubMed ID:	20202766
Web of Science ID:	000278027500021
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1535 (FactScience: 203309)