Defence disputes bloodstain evidence against man accused of killing homeless Cork chef

The defence counsel told the jury "you must dispel any sympathy with Mr Hourihane...any sympathy you may have for Mr Brady."

The prosecution told the jury that the three interviews given by James Brady (right) were littered with small lies and inconsistencies. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts

Bloodstains on the right shoe of the man accused of murdering Cork chef Timmy Hourihane could not have been transferred by stamping on the victim because he kicks with his left leg, his barrister has said.

And the “light bloodstains” around the tongue and laces of James Brady’s right shoe were too light to have been transferred if he had been stamping on the victim’s head as alleged, defence barrister Vincent Heneghan SC said.