Forensic pathologist to examine manslaughter case at Cork soup kitchen

Adrian Henry, 48, is charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan, 40, at St Patrick’s Street in Cork on September 12, 2019

Detective Garda Neil Walsh originally charged Adrian Henry following an investigation that commenced in September 2019 into an alleged assault on a man while he was attending a soup kitchen in Cork city centre. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A forensic pathologist is to examine the case against a 48-year-old man accused of manslaughter of another man arising out of an alleged assault at a soup kitchen in Cork.

Defence barrister Abigail Creed said on the opening day of the sessions of Cork Circuit Criminal Court: “There are issues around causation.”