Man charged with manslaughter arising from alleged assault on Patrick Street
Adrian Henry was charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan, 40, at St. Patrick’s Street in Cork on September 12, 2019.Pic Cork Courts Limited
Liam Heylin
A manslaughter charge was brought against a 48-year-old man arising out of an alleged assault at a soup kitchen in Cork.
Detective Garda Neil Walsh arrested the man and brought him before Cork District Court.
This followed an investigation that commenced in September 2019 into an alleged assault on a man while he was attending a soup kitchen in Cork city centre.
Adrian Henry was charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan, 40, at St. Patrick’s Street in Cork on September 12, 2019.
Adrian Henry (48) appeared before Cork District Court charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan (40).
The alleged assault occurred just metres from a soup kitchen in Cork city centre.
Henry is charged with the manslaughter of Mr Duncan at St Patrick Street in Cork city centre on September 12 2019.
The deceased, who lived at Dunmore Gardens in Knocknaheeny in Cork, had moments earlier been attending the soup kitchen.
After the alleged assault, Mr Duncan was rushed by paramedics to Cork University Hospital (CUH) for treatment for head injuries.
Later, doctors performed emergency surgery to treat a traumatic brain injury.
Following the surgery, Mr Duncan was placed on a life support machine.
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