Cork man died from internal bleeding, court hears

A 28-year-old Cork man stabbed to death in front of his mother died from massive internal bleeding and shock due to a stab wound in his left groin, the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told a jury at the Central Criminal court today.

After conducting a Post Mortem examination on the deceased, Mr Noel McCarthy, Dr Cassidy found multiple injuries to his face, head, ear, groin and hand as well as massive internal bleeding.