Murder accused claims Nicola Collins suffered injuries from shower fall

Nicola Collins had 125 separate bruises and lacerations to her head and body, extending from her scalp to her ankles.

The man accused of murdering a 38-year-old woman found dead in a flat over a shop in Cork claims that she slipped in the shower and hit her head against a star-shaped bath top and other objects.

This claim by the accused emerged during cross-examination of pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, who reported that the woman died as a result of brain trauma due to blunt force trauma to the head.