Assault victim suffered 13 blows, court told

A 43 year-old Portuguese man who was found dead in a field near a New Age traveller’s campsite was the victim of a violent assault and suffered 13 separate blows to the head, a murder trial jury heard today.

Assault victim suffered 13 blows, court told

A 43 year-old Portuguese man who was found dead in a field near a New Age traveller’s campsite was the victim of a violent assault and suffered 13 separate blows to the head, a murder trial jury heard today.

The Deputy State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, was giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court on the 12th day of the trial of three Britons who are accused of the murder of Sergio Abru.

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