A woman killed by her ex-boyfriend was stabbed 75 times that cut her "to the bone", a court heard.
Joshua Stimpson, 26, denies murdering his ex, Molly McLaren, in a shopping centre but does accept killing her on June 29 last year.
In the first three days of the trial the jury saw images of weapons found in Stimpson's car as well as police bodycam footage of the defendant standing next to Molly's car moments after he killed her.
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The attack took place at the Dockside Shopping Centre in Chatham, Kent, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
A pathologist told the court Molly suffered at least 75 knife wounds and her throat was completely cut through.
Dr Olaf Biedrzycki said she would have lost consciousness within seconds and nothing could have been done to save her.
The slicing motion used left a gaping wound which "severed everything", he explained, including jugular veins at the sides of her neck and major arteries.
"Once this had been inflicted there was no medical intervention that would have made a difference," he added.
"It not only severed the neck, there was sharp force damage to the front part of the bone in the neck and severe force has been used to cause this injury."
Cause of death was given as sharp force wounds to the neck.
Dr Biedrzycki said: "This is a case of a sustained and prolonged sharp force trauma attack concentrating on the neck, lower face, upper chest and lower chest.
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"She was covered in sharp force wounds, a mix of stab and incised wounds."
Stimpson grimaced in the dock and began to cry when the number of injuries were revealed.
But Dr Biedrzycki said some areas of her body where she was stabbed had multiple injuries within them and it was therefore impossible to examine and list them all.
Molly also suffered defensive injuries to her arms as she desperately tried to fight off Stimpson, beeping her horn and screaming for help, the court heard.
The attack was described by several witnesses during day four of the murder trial as Molly's family cried in the public gallery.
One described how she saw Molly raise her legs as if trying to kick Stimpson off, while another told how he 'violently and aggressively' carried out his onslaught.
The trial continues.
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