Overview
- The court heard Dylan Magee told gardaí he punched Matthew Healy “probably over 20 times” because he mistakenly believed the 88-year-old had kidnapped his son.
- Defence psychiatrist Stephen Monks said Magee was in acute withdrawal delirium, while prosecution psychiatrist Richard Church described him as very severely impaired and said an insanity verdict is open to the jury.
- Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster testified that Healy died of cardiac arrest due to brain and spinal cord injury complicated by aspiration of blood from blunt force trauma, with fractures and extensive blood evidence recorded.
- Evidence outlined that Magee had been sedated, assigned a special care assistant, and became increasingly agitated before the early-morning assault, during which a nurse trying to intervene suffered a broken finger.
- Earlier testimony indicated both sides accept substances taken before admission had cleared by the time of the attack, and the trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork is continuing.