Pathologist tells murder trial of 'sustained, severe assault'

The State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, today told a jury at the fourth day of a murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder that the victim "died from head injuries as a result from a sustained and severe assault".

Mark Allingham, aged 23, of Fr Murphy Place, Midleton, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty to the killing of Gerard Hackett, aged 49, of the Cork Simon Community and Reen Downey Place, Cork City on a unknown date between October 16 and 21, 2002.