Murder trial hears Cobh chef died after rapidly losing blood from 'subtotal amputation' of his leg

A garda investigating the murder also told the trial of finding a sword on a nearby beach

The court was told that Ian Baitson (pictured) 'was previously healthy. He was running road races up to his death'. File picture:: Family handout/PA

The victim at the centre of the Cobh murder trial suffered “subtotal amputation” of the left leg and extremely rapid blood loss when struck from behind the left knee with a sword that cut through muscle, artery and bone.

This evidence was given by assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster on Thursday in the trial of 30-year-old Dylan Scannell of O’Rahilly Street, Cobh, County Cork, who denies murdering 33-year-old chef, Ian Baitson, in Eurospar car park, Newtown Road, Cobh, on March 19, 2024, but admits his manslaughter.