State pathologist questioned by link-up

HIGH on his pedestal like a doge, Mr Justice Paul Carney gave the nod for the satellite link to begin.

State pathologist questioned by link-up

It was after lunch on day seven of the Wayne O’Donoghue murder trial and for the first time ever in a major criminal trial in Cork, a Dublin-based witness was cross-examined by live video link-up.

The face of Prof Marie Cassidy, State Pathologist, stared down from several screens hanging on the walls of courtroom number two as Blaise O’Carroll, SC, defending, began his cross-examination.

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