2024-11-21 · Mountjoy, Dublin
Blunt force injuries caused prisoner's brain to rotate, pathologist tells murder trial
In the Central Criminal Court, Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan testified that the death of Robert O'Connor, a Mountjoy prisoner, was caused by blunt‑force trauma that rotated his brain. She explained that the injuries could have resulted from punching, kicking or stamping, and that the resulting brain swelling, bleeding and lack of…