Manslaughter trial in Cork told deceased 'was a bad candidate for a fall'

Hospital records had noted that the deceased had been admitted a month earlier for a head injury

Adrian Henry told detectives: “The worst I done was drag him to the ground and point my finger at him. I will not confess to something I did not do." Photo: Cork Courts Limited

The pathologist in a Cork city centre manslaughter trial agreed with the defence that there were no bruises or external signs of assault on the deceased man’s body and also that because of underlying conditions he would have been a bad candidate for any fall.

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. The late James Duncan was from Dunmore Gardens, Knocknaheeny in Cork.