Man, 79, suffered fatal head injury in fall two minutes from home, inquest hears

Christopher Baker, from Dublin, was found lying on a path by a passing driver.

A 79-year-old man sustained a fatal head injury as he made his way home from a dinner function, an inquest heard.

Christopher Baker from Lorcan Avenue, Santry Dublin 9, was found lying on a path by a passing driver. Malcolm Bolton was driving down Ballyshannon Road in Coolock shortly after midnight on December 8 when he saw a man lying on the footpath.