A 33-year-old man charged with the murder of an elderly man in a Cork hospital accused the pensioner of eating his son as he punched him repeatedly in the head, a court has heard.
Dylan Magee of Churchfield Green, Churchfield, Cork denied murder but pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Matthew Healy (88) when he was arraigned before a jury of eight men and four women at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on Tuesday.
Det Garda Michelle Quinn told the court how Mr Healy, whose wife had died just ten days earlier, was admitted to the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork at 2.58am on the morning of January 13th 2023 after
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