A HARROWING 999 call made after a Derby dad was stabbed in the heart with a kitchen knife was played in court.
Witness Glen Thorpe wept as he recalled trying to save the life of Danny Baker, after finding him collapsed on Mansfield Road, South Normanton, in July last year.
Leon Lockhart, 32, of Carter Lane East, South Normanton, is accused of murdering the 32-year-old, of Allenton, and his trial started on Monday.
It is expected to run until next week.
The jury at Nottingham Crown Court heard how Mr Thorpe and his girlfriend Victoria Heath saw Lockhart, his then-girlfriend Michaela Griffiths and Mr Baker walking up Carter Lane West towards Mansfield Road on the evening of July 19.
The court heard Mr Thorpe and Ms Heath broke away from the trio to visit a nearby takeaway.
It was told how, when they found it was shut, they walked back down Mansfield Road and saw Mr Baker's body lying face down.
Mr Thorpe, of Carter Lane West, South Normanton, told the jury: "I thought it was someone who was drunk. I checked his pulse and it was very faint."
The court was played a 999 tape in which Mr Thorpe was heard giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to Mr Baker in a desperate bid to revive him.
In the recording, Mr Thorpe said: "Oh, my God - he's covered in blood. He's got a stab wound."
After the tape had finished, a tearful Mr Thorpe said: "I did all I could."
Mr Baker was taken to King's Mill Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died of a stab wound.
The trial continues.
