The trial of a man accused of murdering a man associated with the INLA was told yesterday that the victim died from a number of side-effects from multiple blows including a "grossly swollen brain".
Mr Daniel Finnegan (20), Rutland Avenue, Crumlin, Dublin, denies murdering Patrick Campbell (22), Blanchardstown, Dublin, in October 1999. He also pleaded not guilty to violent disorder.
The State Pathologist, Prof John Harbison, told the Central Criminal Court the cause of death was "fluid to the brain, liver and kidney failure due to hypertension and muscle damage and blunt trauma to the head". "Microscopic examination indicated virtual brain-dead state." His brain was "a mush, literally", he said.
The trial continues today.