The inquest into the death of Brian Murphy was adjourned yesterday to allow lawyers for his family study documentation relating to his death.
Brian Murphy died six years ago following a fracas outside Club Anabel disco in Ballsbridge, Dublin.
The original inquest was adjourned pending the trials of four young men who were charged with manslaughter. Following a lengthy trial and appeals on the part of two of them, none was convicted of manslaughter, though two were convicted of violent disorder.
Solicitor for the Murphy family, Celine Reilly, said yesterday that she had not yet got a lot of necessary information, in particular a notebook containing postmortem photographs of Brian.
The coroner, Dr Brian Farrell, said that he had received the reports of former State pathologist Prof John Harbison, who had prepared the initial forensic report, and a report from the present State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, prepared for the re-trial of Dermot Laide, which was ordered when his initial manslaughter conviction was overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The re-trial did not go ahead because of Dr Cassidy's report.
Dr Farrell said he proposed that the inquest hear the evidence on the medical cause of death first, as a lot flowed from it. Normally this evidence would be heard at the end of an inquest.
Mr Reilly asked if she would be furnished with the reports on which Dr Cassidy had based her reports, including toxicology and histology reports. Dr Farrell said she could have all the reports he had received, including the Garda file with all witness statements, and she could apply to him for any additional material she required.
He adjourned the inquest until October 6th, when, he said, he would give a provisional date for the opening of the substantive inquest.