A consultant in emergency medicine has said he thought a man who was allegedly stabbed by his brother would die as he had a wound to his chest which was \u201cactively hissing\u201d.<\/p>\n
William Brennan (32) of Longbridge, Ballyhalwick, Dunmanway, Co Cork, denies assault causing serious harm to his brothers John and Jerry Brennan jnr amid a family dispute about property. <\/p>\n
He has also pleaded not guilty of producing a knife in the same alleged incident at a property in Ballyhalwick, Dunmanway, Co Cork, on August 17th, 2024. <\/p>\n
John and Jerry Brennan Jnr were taken to Dunmanway Community Hospital on the evening of August 17th, 2024, by a \u201cGood Samaritan\u201d who stopped on the road and offered assistance. <\/p>\n
Dr Jason van der Velde told a trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that he thought the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs of John Brennan had been breached. He stated that they had to stop him from having a \u201ccatastrophic haemorrhage\u201d.<\/p>\n
The medic said the scene was \u201cchaotic\u201d. The injured men were stripped naked so that their injuries could be properly assessed. <\/p>\n
Van der Velde said that a decision was made to transfer John to Cork University Hospital (CUH) for treatment. <\/p>\n
\u201cTime was critical. I genuinely believed he [John] would die from internal injuries.\u201d <\/p>\n
The medic said that John was \u201cin extreme pain\u201d and was given \u201can extremely strong inhaled analgesic\u201d.<\/p>\n
Van der Velde also told the jury of the injuries sustained by Jerry jnr <\/p>\n
He said that he put a medical tourniquet on the left upper arm of Jerry jnr as he had an active bleed. This replaced a makeshift tourniquet that Jerry jnr had on arrival at the facility. Jerry jnr was taken to CUH by road for further treatment. <\/p>\n
The doctor also spoke of attending at the scene of the alleged stabbing incident in Ballyhalwick later that evening. <\/p>\n
He said that the accused man William Brennan was \u201cextremely calm\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was monosyllabic. He had absolutely no emotion whatsoever. He never made eye contact or actively avoided it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had defensive wounds to his left forearm and to his right arm consistent with blunt force trauma by a heavy object.\u201d <\/p>\n
Van der Velde described Jerry Brennan snr as a \u201cfrail\u201d man who was \u201cvery shook\u201d but not otherwise injured. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the jurors heard that William Brennan told garda\u00ed that he produced a knife to defend himself after his brothers attacked him with an object. He said that the object was \u201cpossibly an iron bar\u201d. <\/p>\n
Garda Joe Maher said in evidence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that he attended at the scene of the alleged incident in Ballyhalwick on the evening of August 17th, 2024.<\/p>\n
He said that when he arrived at the property Jerry Brennan snr and his son William Brennan were sitting in a parked car. Garda Maher asked the men if they had any weapons. He directed them to dispose of them. <\/p>\n
He told the jury that Jerry Brennan snr threw a knife out of the car and on to the grass verge. He said William Brennan told him that he had acted in self defence after he was attacked. William Brennan was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n
Garda Maher said that garda\u00ed were also informed that two men had been taken to Dunmanway Community Hospital that evening with \u201cserious stab wounds\u201d.<\/p>\n
Defence barrister Jane Hyland put it to Garda Maher that William Brennan had made a 999 call. She said he also told garda\u00ed that he had had been attacked and had used a knife in self defence.<\/p>\n
The garda said that he had \u201cno prior knowledge of the family\u201d. He said he was aware that on the morning of the alleged offences garda\u00ed had received a report that an excavator owned by William Brennan was burned out.<\/p>\n
Garda Jonathan O\u2019Donovan said that he spoke to William Brennan on the night of the alleged incident. <\/p>\n
William Brennan said when he arrived at the yard of the property earlier that evening his brother Jerry jnr called him \u201cpathetic\u201d and a \u201cvirgin boy\u201d. He stated he was then hit with an object by his brother John who he claimed was wearing a balaclava.<\/p>\n
Hyland said that her client had indicated a \u201clitany of aggression had been perpetrated on him by his brothers\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in her outline of the case to the jury on Wednesday prosecution barrister Imelda Kelly said the alleged stabbing related to a \u201cfamily dispute\u201d in respect of a property at Ballyhalwick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe property had been in the ownership of Jeremiah Brennan snr and it had been signed over to three brothers a number of years before. The yard was in common ownership between the brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The case will continue next Tuesday before Judge Helen Boyle and the jury of eight men and four women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A consultant in emergency medicine has said he thought a man who was allegedly stabbed by his brother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7678,187242,493,103,61,60,187243,43,9085,119913,2114,187244],"class_list":["post-428572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-close-up","tag-cutlery","tag-diet","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-measuring-tape","tag-news","tag-nobody","tag-twisting","tag-weight-loss","tag-wrapped-around"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}