Murder trial hears victim died quickly after car hit him

The jury in the Claire Nolan murder trial has heard that the man she admits killing died after a car struck him, breaking his spine, crushing part of his heart and tearing one of his lungs free.

Giving evidence on day three of the trial, the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy said Michael Duffy would have died quickly after he sustained a major crush injury to the chest which caused “massive internal trauma”.