A MAN tried to stop his son from bleeding to death after he was allegedly stabbed by his ex-wife’s partner, a court has heard.

Jevgenijs Trofimovics held towels to his son Andrejs’s wounds, which it is claimed he suffered after an altercation with Vladislav Pomozov early New Year’s Day.

Pomozov was the boyfriend of Olga Trofimovica – the mother of Latvian-born Andrejs, whom Pomozov stands accused of killing.

It is alleged that Pomozov stabbed Andrejs Trofimovics with a large kitchen knife, at a party at Jevgenijs’s home at Cleveland Road, Bournemouth.

Forty-five-year-old Pomozov, of Holdenhurst Road, is also accused of the attempted murder of Jevgenijs and wounding him with intent.

Speaking through an interpreter, Jevgenijs said he heard Andrejs shout Pomozov had a knife and had ‘cut’ him.

He told Winchester Crown Court that he turned and saw Pomozov next to him. He said he didn’t see the knife but reached out and grabbed hold of the blade with his bare hand. The next thing he remembered was the room going dark.

He then recalled seeing his son slumped on the toilet bleeding heavily. He and his wife, Tatjana, tried to stem the bleeding while they waited for paramedics.

“Despite medical attention Andrejs died just after 3am,” Prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC said.

Andrejs, Jevgenijs and Pomozov were in the kitchen smoking when Andrejs accused Pomozov of mistreating his mother by gambling, before the alleged stabbing.

Jevgenijs said: “Andrejs spoke calmly. [He said] ‘Why do you not help my mother? Why do you torture her? You deprive her of money. If you can’t give up the casino games, leave her’.

“Pomozov smirked when he heard these words from Andrejs. He said ‘well you’re like an angel, almost a saint, aren’t you?’.

“I didn’t like how he talked to my son."

Pomozov is then said to have asked to have a private word with Andrejs.

“After that he asked Andrejs to speak without me, to leave the kitchen and have a drink," Jevgenijs said. "I said ‘There’s no need to leave, I won’t interrupt’.

“Andrejs said ‘Dad, don’t worry, I can talk to him’. I now understand what he wanted to do.”

Nigel Pascoe QC, defending, said the conversation in the kitchen was more heated than Jevgenijs claimed.

“Andrejs was getting angry in front of you; banging the furniture and banging his fist into his palm,” Mr Pascoe said. “Andrejs struck [Pomozov] in the face. That’s when it began. Before the question of a knife arose both of you were hitting [Pomozov] that night.”

Jevgenijs responded: “We didn’t have any physical contact.”

The trial continues.