One death. Two findings.

THE parents of Brian Murphy have questioned new evidence produced by the State pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, on the cause of their son’s death outside Dublin’s Club Anabel six years ago.

Denis and Mary Murphy said they were “horrified” with the decision by the State to drop charges against Dermot Laide, the only person to be convicted of their son’s killing.

The decision not to proceed with the retrial comes after a new statement by Dr Cassidy which said that the injuries inflicted on Mr Murphy were “relatively minor” and “would not be expected to cause his death”. This was in direct conflict with what Prof John Harbison set down in his findings when he carried out the post mortem six years ago.