The brutally murdered Bulgarian student from the city of Varna, Radostina Evtimova, died after being mercilessly tortured.

This has been announced by forensic medicine experts presenting their report before the court on Firday.

Fatal for Radostina were numerous stabs in the chest area with a sharp object. Before that she was rapes and received numerous cuts and stab wounds, as well as traumatological injuries all over her body.

The total number of wounds was 52. Besides the chest area, there ware wounds on her face and her limbs.

The injuries on her palm showed that Radostina tried to defend herself, the experts said. She tried to catch the knife that she was stabbed with.

The exact hour of the death cannot be determined, but after the fatal wounds Radostina was still alive and agonized for about 15 minutes.

According to the experts, there ware injuries in the area of her genitals, and the perpetrator fornicated with her body after she was already dead.

The mother took the witness stand Wednesday and said the body was discovered by Radostina's sister and several girlfriends.

The front door has been closed but not locked. Radostina, her sister and several friends went to a bar on the night of the murder and Radostina told them, the defendant Georgi was going to take her home, the mother said.

The apartment in downtown Varna, which became the scene of the crime, was owned by Radostina's boyfriend's parents. They lived there together until the young man left to study in London and a girlfriend moved in as roommate.

In the day after the murder the mother became alarmed after many unsuccessful attempts to get in touch with Radostina. She called the boyfriend in London, who also said he was unable to contact her or the defendant.

Radostina had not shared with her mother that the boyfriend has been jealous and she never knew of other people, except the sister, spending the night at the apartment.

The mutilated body of the third-year student from Varna's Business University was discovered by her sister on March 7 with over 50 knife wounds. The murder sent shock waves across the country and triggered mass student protests.

Despite mounting evidence, Georgi Tsvetanov, who faces life in prison, refuses to collaborate with the authorities, and continues to deny any involvement in the murder.

Georgi is the son of a prominent Varna politician, Tsanko Tsvetanov, Deputy Chair of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and Chair of the UDF branch in the Bulgarian Black Sea capital Varna, who was forced to resign over the murder scandal.