Murder accused was seen trying to revive infant

The Central Criminal Court has heard how a man accused of murdering his ex-fiancee’s infant was “frantically trying to revive the baby”.

Philip Doyle, aged 34, of Tinakilly, Aughrim, Co Wicklow has pleaded not guilty to murdering three-and-a-half-month-old Ross Murphy at 3 Creagh Demesne, Gorey, Co Wexford in Apr 2005.

Leona Murphy, aged 28, who is expecting her third child, previously told the court that on Apr 3 she went out to get a DVD, leaving her firstborn alone with Mr Doyle in the house they shared at Creagh Demesne. Aidan Murphy (no relation) said he met Ms Murphy outside his restaurant in Gorey that night and she asked him for a lift home.