A man killed in his own home had his head stamped on by a 35-year-old Waterford man to such an extent that a State pathologist described the injuries as being akin to a traffic accident, the Central Criminal Court heard today.
“The effect was so extreme that he behaved like a beast,” said Mr Justice Tony Hunt of Garrett Smith (35), St John’s Park, Waterford, who denied the murder of Edward O’Sullivan, also known as Liam, in Mr O’Sullivan’s apartment in Kilkenny.
In her victim impact statement, Mr O'Sullivan's former partner told the court that the family had to have a closed coffin due to the injuries he suffered and that his children ask: “How do you know daddy was in the coffin?”
