Waterford murder trial continues in legal argument

Legal argument in the absence of the jury continued today at the trial of a Scottish man accused of the murder of a Co Waterford woman in 2004.

It was the third day of the trial of Samuel Jennings (aged 61), previously of Ashtown, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, who has denied the murder of Mrs Mary 'Mamie' Walsh (aged 54), a mother of two, of Leamybrien, Co Waterford, on a date unknown between August 30 and September 1, 2004.

Mamie Walsh’s fully-clothed body was found in the boot of her car on August 31, 2004. She had severe head injuries and was found covered in a blood-stained sheet with a rope loosely tied around her neck.

The jury has heard that the mother of two died from severe head injuries caused by multiple blows with a blunt object.

State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told the jury of 10 men and two women that Ms Walsh sustained nine separate injuries from a thin, heavy weapon about one inch in diameter, similar in shape to a poker.

The trial resumes before Mr Justice Barry White tomorrow.