Head injury 'substantially' contributed to farmer's death, court hears

The Assistant State Pathologist has today told the trial of two brothers accused of murdering a farmer, that the head injury he sustained during a dispute on their farmyard “substantially” contributed to his death.

Head injury 'substantially' contributed to farmer's death, court hears

The Assistant State Pathologist has today told the trial of two brothers accused of murdering a farmer, that the head injury he sustained during a dispute on their farmyard “substantially” contributed to his death.

The jury was told that Edward Dempsey, a 49-year-old cattle farmer in the Laois/Offaly area, never fully regained consciousness after receiving a blow to the head during the row in December 2006.

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