Jury shown images of deceased man

Images of the late Liam Manley walking around the streets of Cork on Saturday night/Sunday morning, in the hours before he died, were shown to the jury on the opening day of the murder trial.

As well as the images of a man with white hair walking or standing or sitting alone, at times with a bottle of wine in his hand, in the busy city centre, a picture of what Mr Manley was like as a person was also given by those who knew him.

Clare Hanrahan, a project worker with the Simon Community, said: “He was assigned to me. I developed a good working relationship with him, I’d take him for coffee and that. Three years after coming to Gateway [a Simon accommodation] he required a higher level of support. He drank almost daily. Just getting a bit older and he needed a bit of support with basics like providing food for himself.