Cork murder accused texted his mother claiming 'fella that robbed me… got a hiding', court told

Assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said there was no evidence of a shooting or of stab wounds

The court heard evidence of texts between one of the accused, Niall Long (pictured), and his mother saying 'the fella that robbed me and (caused) that cut on my neck got a hiding and was thrown in the boot after.'

A text message from a man accused of murdering Kieran Quilligan whose skeleton was found in Little Island said: “The fella that robbed me… got a hiding and was thrown in the boot after”, a judge and jury were told on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster gave evidence that the skeletal remains of Kieran Quilligan showed he sustained multiple fractures to his skull and body consistent with blunt force blows from a hammer and fists.