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Man accused of killing GP Ashley Gordon pleads not guilty to murder
A beloved Box Hill GP who was allegedly murdered after four boys broke into his Doncaster home died from a 10.8 centimetre stab wound through his chest, a jury in the murder trial has heard.
Ashley Gordon, 33, was asleep in his home in January last year, when a group of boys broke in twice.
They had been at a party nearby.
The first time, two of them broke in.
According to the first witness to give evidence in a Victorian Supreme Court trial on Thursday, who cannot be named, four of them took off their shoes and pulled on masks and balaclavas before returning to Dr Gordon's townhouse.
The witness told the court they slid under the garage door before creeping into the house, looking for keys to the young doctor's Mercedes.
In the dark, they heard him say "hello boys" and ran.
Dr Gordon chased them on foot, before returning for his black Mercedes AMG.
After alerting his flatmate, Dr Gordon drove his car through nearby streets until he found them.
The prosecution alleges Dr Gordon tried to restrain a boy, who was a child at the time, when the boy stabbed him six times and slashed him five.
The court heard a 10.8cm stab wound through Dr Gordon's chest punctured his aorta, heart and lung, which killed him.
The prosecution alleges the boy was carrying a brown and silver flick knife with a blade as long as a pen.
The boy accused of the stabbing and the other boys involved can not be named because they were children at the time.
In her opening statement, Prosecutor Kristie Churchill told the court the boys fled, leaving him lying lifeless on the ground.
Ms Churchill told jurors they would hear evidence about what the accused boy allegedly said to his friends in the hours after.
"Shit, just killed a guy, like he's dead bro," Ms Churchill said.
"The first two times I stabbed him, I didn't really realise that it was actually going in and I was killing him, but after the next two or three times is when I realised what's actually going on."
The court heard the boys then returned to the house where most of the party guests were asleep.
"I fully yinged him bro like five times, like he's dead, full dead bro, ying," the accused boy allegedly told a friend.
The court heard the term "ying" was slang for stab.
Ms Churchill told the jury the prosecution alleged the boys had taken the clothes they had been wearing during the incident to an underpass, burnt them and filmed the act.
The court heard it would be alleged that in the days after, they hid in an apartment in Windsor and discussed fleeing the country before being arrested.
The boy who allegedly stabbed Dr Gordon has pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and not guilty to murder.
Defence barrister Amelia Beech told the jury to keep a "genuinely open mind", acknowledging community sentiment surrounding youth crime, labelling it as "political fodder".
"Your task here is an intellectual one, it's not about sympathy or prejudice, it's a task of the mind, not a task of the heart," Ms Beech said.
"This case is not about youth crime generally, this is not about law reform.
"You cannot right the wrongs of the youths of Victoria here in this room, in this case.
"You can't send a message to the attorney-general or the premier here in this courtroom.
"This case is what happened between Ashley Gordon and [the accused] at 5.27am on 13 January last year.
"Nothing more, nothing less."
The trial continues.
