Mother died from severe head injuries, court hears

A 54-year-old mother-of-two died from severe head injuries caused by multiple blows with a blunt object, a murder trial jury heard at the Central Criminal Court today.

State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy told the jury of ten men and two women that Mary ‘Mamie’ Walsh sustained nine separate injuries from a thin, heavy weapon about one inch in diameter similar in shape to a poker.