AN EXPERT witness in the Jimmy Mizen murder trial says the dish which killed the teenager was thrown so hard fragments were found above a door.

Jimmy Mizen, aged 16, was killed when a pyrex-type dish was thrown at him following a row at the Three Cooks Bakery in Lee on May 10 last year.

The dish smashed upon impact severing his jugular vein and carotid artery while also chipping a bone in his neck.

A face and jaw surgeon who specialises in glass attack injuries spoke today at the trial of Jake Fahri, and told jury members the dish was probably thrown with "substantial momentum and force".

Professor Jonathan Shepherd of Cardiff University Hospital said : "The force was significant enough for glass fragments to reach a considerable height. Some of them came to rest several feet behind the deceased."

He added: "Some of them were found above door height."

But under cross-examination by the defence team, lawyer Sally O'Neill suggested the professor was not qualified to make such claims.

She said: "The evidence you have just given us is completely outside your area of expertise", adding "you are a surgeon not a forensic scientist".

Professor Shepherd replied: "Bone injury in glass incidents is extremely rare so to pass right the way through four cenimetres of soft tissue, including skin and a substantial artery, and leave a clear mark on the bone in the neck, requires severe force."

The barrister argued: "May I suggest that you are exaggerating. Once it goes through the skin then it just goes straight through until it hits the bone of the neck.

"It's gone through because it's extremely sharp and pointed. It has got nothing to do with the force at which it is thrown."

As the prosecution team concluded its case lawyer Crispin Aylett revealed Fahri had booked a hotel room at the Holiday Inn under the name 'Jack Walker' three days after the incident.

Jake Fahri, aged 19, of Milborough Crescent, Lee, denies murder and says he was acting in self-defence.

The Old Bailey trial continues.