Pathologist tells court that man died from blunt force trauma to head

A 70-year-old man, who was attacked in his Dublin home, died of blunt force trauma to the head, the State Pathologist has told the Central Criminal Court.

Dr Marie Cassidy was giving evidence on the third day of the trial of homeless man Stephen Byrne (aged 36), who has pleaded not guilty to killing William Traynor on Sunday June 17, 2007 at his house on St Francis Terrace, Bow Street.