Corkman found with stab wounds

A RETIRED accountant found dead in a bedroom of his Cork home suffered multiple stab wounds to the neck, chest and abdomen, an inquest heard yesterday.

John Hyland, 69, was found in a pool of blood at his home on St Francis’s Avenue, off College Road, on Saturday, July 12, last.

An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned until May at Cork City Coroner’s Court yesterday, where evidence of identification and the cause of death were recorded.