Cork manslaughter trial hears accused told gardaí: 'I did not bash his brains in'

The former British army man said: “The worst I done was drag him to the ground and point my finger at him."

Adrian Henry had told gardaí: “He was unharmed when I left him. Shook him up a bit but did not harm him." Photo: Cork Courts Limited

A Birmingham man denied assaulting or causing any injury to the man at the street café on St Patrick’s Street who later died, but told gardaí at the manslaughter trial that he dragged the other man to the ground “by the scruff”.

Adrian Henry of Seminary Road, Blackpool, Cork, is charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan, 40, at St Patrick’s Street in Cork on September 12, 2019. He denies the manslaughter and is on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Helen Boyle and a jury of eight men and four women.