Prosecution lawyer describes ‘medieval violence’ used in ‘biblical atrocity’ at funeral in Tralee
Six murder accused used “medieval violence” to “butcher” a father of seven in “an honour killing” during a Co Kerry funeral, carrying out a “biblical atrocity” that was as “tragic and heartbreaking as it was ridiculous and stupid”, a prosecution barrister has claimed.
The trial has heard the deceased suffered a total of four stabbing injuries, one of which severed the femoral artery in his leg and caused him to suffer a fatal blood loss. Ms Dooley required 45 stitches and 30 staples after sustaining a wound during the attack, which went from her right shoulder and extended to her armpit.
Ms Dooley had told the trial that there was no falling out or words exchanged between her late husband Thomas and his cousin and brother-in-law Thomas Dooley Snr but they simply stopped communicating when their daughter refused to marry Thomas Dooley Jnr. Mr Kelly stressed that the attack had been carried out with ‘absolute ferocity’ in a matter of seconds and not minutes. He said Mr Dooley was dying if not already dead as the accused men left the cemetery. He said within a matter of seconds after the attack the six men were back at their three respective vans and speeding out the road.
At this point, Mr Kelly said, all Ms Dooley could do was try to get them away from her husband so she ran in and ‘clawed’ Thomas Dooley Snr. He said subsequently Thomas Dooley Snr’s DNA was recovered from Ms Dooley’s fingernails. “How is there any innocent explanation to explain that?” asked counsel.
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