‘Single stab to the heart killed Cork Prison inmate’, 42

A 42-year-old Cork Prison inmate died from a single stab wound to the front of his chest and haemorrhages to his heart and aorta, a murder trial has heard.

Brian Veale, aged 31, of Dominic St, Cork, pleaded not guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, to murdering Graham Johnson at Cork Prison, Rathmore Road, in Cork City, on May 16, 2015.

Yesterday, prosecution counsel Tim O’Leary, SC, called chief State pathologist Marie Cassidy to give evidence.