A man charged with the murder of his brother and the attempted murder of his father told gardai that he was under the influence of ‘airwave manipulation’ during the attack at his family home, a trial in Cork has heard.
Prosecuting counsel Jane Hyland, SC, told the jury of five women and seven men that it was an ‘unusual case” in that the defence asserts that at the time of the offence Mr Murphy Jnr “was effectively not guilty by reason of insanity.” Det Garda Breen said that Mr Murphy Snr was watching golf on television at 2.50am on March 26th, 2022 when his eldest John came in to his bedroom and told him to go in to the house of a neighbour.
Neighbours said in garda statements that at around 2.50am they heard Shane Murphy shouting “Please stop, John I will do whatever you want.” They heard Shane repeat those words around ten times. Dt Garda Breen said that a postmortem examination on the late Shane Murphy by Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster revealed that he sustained nine stab wounds in the incident. This included a stab wound to the heart which was fatal and a potentially fatal injury to the left lung. Shane died of haemorrhage and shock.A couple who lived nearby told gardai in a statement that at 3.
Det Garda Breen said that the accused went to the house of a friend in Carrigaline where he was captured “hyperventilating’ on doorbell CCTV. He said that John Murphy Jnr had ‘blood and mud’ on his hands. When asked how he felt after the incident Mr Murphy Jnr said “strong but gutted.” Det Garda Breen said that Mr Murphy Jnr made completely baseless allegations that his father and brothers “had been trying to kill him and trying to set him up.”
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