A 42-year-old former school teacher who died after being beaten with an iron bar suffering multiple blows to the head and chest, a murder trial has heard.
The evidence was given yesterday by Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, in the trial of two men charged with the murder of Mr Noel Carmody, Ballingarry, Co Limerick, who died shortly after being beaten to death in a public park in Limerick city last year.
Mr Johnathan Tuohy (19), Edward Street, Limerick and Mr Darren Wallace (21), Assumpta Park, Lee Estate, Limerick, are both charged with the murder of Mr Carmody at Arthur's Quay Park, in Limerick city, on September 27th 2003.
The two accused are also charged with robbing Mr Carmody on the same date.
Both men deny the charges.
Yesterday at the Central Criminal Court - which is currently sitting in Limerick - Dr Margaret Bolster told the jury that Mr Carmody suffered multiple blows to the head and chest which had been inflicted with a "blunt weapon", which she identified in court as the iron bar which gardaí had found on the night Mr Carmody died.
The court heard yesterday that the late Mr Carmody suffered a collapsed left lung, multiple lacerations and bruising to the scalp and skull and a number of his ribs had been fractured.
Also giving evidence yesterday was Garda Denis Counihan who said he arrested Mr Johnathan Tuohy on the night Mr Carmody died.
Garda Counhihan told the court that Mr Tuohy's trousers and runners were blood stained when he was arrested.
Garda Finbar O'Donovan who was a student garda at the time of the incident also gave evidence yesterday of being present on the night Mr Tuohy was arrested. Garda O'Donovan said Mr Tuohy's runners were "badly soaked in blood" when he was arrested.
On Tuesday the jury heard from another garda witness who said she saw Mr Tuohy strike Mr Carmody with an iron bar on the night he was killed.
Garda Caragh Leahy said she had "no doubt in her mind" that she saw Mr Tuohy strike Mr Carmody and then drop the iron bar on the ground. The garda witness also said that when she arrived at the scene she saw Mr Darren Wallace crouched over Mr Carmody's body.
The court has already heard that Mr Tuohy's fingerprints were not found on the iron bar.
The trial continues today.