The Prosecution has closed its case in the trial of a Tipperary man accused of murdering an elderly retired farmer in Co. Waterford.

28 year old Ross Outram of Ferryland, Waterford Road in Clonmel denies murdering 90 year old Paddy Lyons two years ago.

The accused told Gardaí he fought back after the elderly man had hit him with a walking stick and a shovel.

The assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster has told this trial the deceased man Paddy Lyons suffered multiple blows with a blunt weapon

Yesterday she was recalled and cross examined about some of her evidence about whether the the 90 year old had suffered a concussion or not.

She said in her opinion ‘he almost certainly did’ because of the multiple lacerations to his scalp and because his face was smeared with blood when she went to the scene.

The Defence barrister put it to her that by a country mile there is no evidence to form a view there was a concussion in this case.
Dr Bolster replied ‘I don’t think I’m wrong.’