Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, was giving evidence in the trial of Ross Outram.Road, Clonmel in Co Tipperary, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Paddy Lyons at Loughleagh, Ballysaggart, Lismore, Co Waterford, at a time unknown between February 23rd and 26th, 2017.
There were ten separate wounds on his head and neck which had been caused by blunt force trauma, she explained. Some of the lacerations went through the layers of the scalp and extended underneath the membrane covering his skull, the court heard. Mr Lyons’ cause of death was blunt force trauma to his body with a traumatic brain injury and shock due to fracturing his hip joint, jawbone and ribs, Dr Bolster concluded.
Earlier, pharmaceutical expert Michael Lyons told Mr O’Kelly that he was asked to prepare a report on the effects of Xanax, a medication which contains a substance called alprazolam.
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