Pregnant woman had "possible boot marks" on stomach Published on Tuesday 24 April 2012 17:20 A DOCTOR told a court how a pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with possible boot marks on her stomach. Dr Kranti Hiremath was giving evidence today at the trial of James Paterson, 23, who is accused of trying to murder three pregnant women. He is further claimed to have raped two of the women and attacked two newborn babies at addresses in Fife and Edinburgh. The forensic physician told how medical documents noted the patient had claimed a man "jumped" on her abdomen while she was lying in bed. She told the High Court in Aberdeen that she was asked to investigate the medical history of three women after "possible boot marks" were found by doctors on the mum-to-be's stomach. She said: "They are showing just under the rib cage on the front and left side." Dr Hiremath said that during her investigation she found another woman had complained of being in pain after she was hit in the stomach with a baseball bat two weeks after giving birth. She said the notes revealed the woman was in "obvious pain" eight months after the alleged attack. The trial also heard from Paterson's mum Maxine, 45, who said she saw her son "fly at" one of the alleged victims and pull the hair of another and drag her to a car during a day at the park after the woman spat at him. The former hygiene assistant also said Paterson's third alleged victim had confided in her of serious assaults at the hands of her son, claiming he kicked and "strangled her." Paterson, of Cardenden, Fife, denies trying to murder three women, who were all pregnant at various times, endangering their lives and leaving them severely injured and permanently disfigured. He is accused of attacking and stabbing the first woman, raping her three times and squeezing her neck until she lost consciousness. Paterson was alleged to have struck her on the body with a knife on Boxing Day in 2006 and repeatedly hit her on the body with a baseball bat, dragged her upstairs by her hair and chased her with a knife before locking her out of a flat in Edinburgh. He is alleged to have attacked and twice raped a second woman. He is claimed to have squeezed her throat until she lost consciousness on three occasions, kicked her stomach and struck her head against a door while she was pregnant and bit her on the body. Paterson is alleged to have attacked a third woman, again causing her to lose consciousness by squeezing her neck. He is further accused of forcing her into a car, punching her on the head, repeatedly stamping on her stomach and head butting her while she was pregnant. He is further accused of attacking two babies, sending threatening text messages to his third alleged victim and failing to appear in court. Paterson faces 11 charges which date from between January 2006 and July last year. The trial, before Lord Matthews, continues.