DPP reviews magic mushroom death

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is considering whether charges should be brought over the death of a man whose family blame his fall from a balcony on magic mushrooms.

Colm Hodkinson, aged 33, died from severe brain injuries after falling to his death from the balcony of his apartment building, The Anchorage, Clarence St, in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, on October 30, 2005.

Insp Denis Heneghan, from Cabinteely Garda Station, who applied for the inquest to be adjourned, said: “The file is still being considered by the DPP.”