(Pictured: Professor Jack Crane. Credit: Collins)
Two eminent pathologists clashed on the most likely cause of Bobby Ryan’s death, with one saying he probably suffered blows from a blunt instrument and the other suggesting he was more likely struck by a vehicle.
As part of the prosecution case, an entomologist (insect expert) gave evidence that the body, which was sealed in an airtight tank, was subjected to a single insect infestation in the weeks before the accused man Patrick Quirke told gardai he discovered the body.
The pathologists agreed that Bobby Ryan suffered multiple fractures to the head, ribs and the femur: a ….read more