BLOODSTAINED clothes found on the dead body of Swansea prostitute Kirsty Grabham were yesterday shown to the jury at her husband's murder trial.

The blue trousers and pink top were recovered after the 24-year-old's body was discovered in a suitcase near the M4 last year.

Both garments were exhibited at Swansea Crown Court as the case against Paul Grabham entered its third day. The jury was also shown a silver chain owned by 25-year-old Grabham that scientists found to be stained with his wife's blood.

This was discovered on a wardrobe at the couple's Mount Pleasant flat, and the prosecution case is that the defendant was wearing it on the night of her death.

Grabham, who also worked as a prostitute, is alleged to have murdered Mrs Grabham in the early hours of March 28 at their top-floor home in Rosehill Terrace.

According to the prosecution, he then "folded" her body into a suitcase and dumped it on an embankment by a motorway bridge between Swansea and Bridgend, where it was found on April 6.

He is pleading not guilty.

On Thursday afternoon, proceedings had to be adjourned after Grabham injured his ankle in a fall while taking lunchtime exercise in the court's cell complex.

When he returned to the dock yesterday, he was walking with the aid of crutches and the court heard he had been treated in hospital for ligament damage. As evidence resumed, prosecutor Greg Taylor QC asked the jury to watch a short DVD showing a 360-degree view of the flat's lounge. Forensic scientist Clare Morse then pointed out several areas where she had detected blood from Mrs Grabham.

Most of this was impact spattering — airborne blood generated from "something hard impacting with a surface wet with blood".

In the lounge, the greatest density of these spots was at a low level on a wall near the entrance. These suggested that at least one blow had been delivered in this area. But there were also spatters under a sofa and on the ceiling. Miss Morse said part of the ceiling had been freshly painted but blood stains were visible.

On a TV and radiator was found "diluted" blood — suggesting attempts had been made to wipe these things clean. Elsewhere in the room was a three-seater sofa, said Miss Morse. But the blood on this was "heavy contact staining"— suggesting that someone with an injury that was bleeding heavily had been in "prolonged or extensive contact" with it.

Mrs Grabham's blood was also found in the bathroom — on taps and a radiator — and on a pair of her husband's jeans in the washing machine. Tests further proved the presence of her blood on a silver neck chain the defendant had been seen wearing at Play nightclub on the night of her death — and on the sleeve of a grey cardigan he owned.

Questioned about the garments found on Mrs Grabham's body, Miss Morse indicated heavy bloodstaining on the rear waistband of the trousers and on the shoulder areas of the top. The case continues.