The trial of a man accused of murdering a man associated with the INLA in 1999 was told today that the deceased died from "a number of side effects from multiple blows to the body" including a "grossly swollen brain."
Mr Daniel Finnegan (20) of Rutland Avenue, Crumlin, Dublin, denies that on or about 10 October 1999 in the County and city of Dublin he murdered Mr Patrick Campbell (22), of Corduff Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Mr Finnegan also pleaded not guilty to a second charge that on or about the same date he was engaged in a violent disorder.
State Pathologist Professor John Harbison told the jury at the Central Criminal Court the cause of death of the young man was "fluid to the brain, liver and kidney failure due to hypertension and muscle damage and blunt trauma to the head".
Prof Harbison said that following an internal and external examination of Mr Campbell's body, he was satisfied the deceased had been "virtually brain dead" for a couple of days prior to the official date of death on the 10th October.
However, he said Mr Campbell had bruising to his neck, head and torso and a number of incision wounds, including a pattern of slashes across his back, fluid in the lungs and had internal bleeding in the ribcage and the brain.
The trial before Mr Justice Diarmuid O'Donovan and a jury of seven women and four men continues tomorrow.