State Pathologist Marie Cassidy is giving evidence today at an inquest into the death of a man in Garda custody whose family allege he was assaulted while in a cell.
State Pathologist Marie Cassidy
Terence Wheelock (20), Summerhill, Dublin, was found unconscious in a cell at Store Street Garda station last June after he apparently attempted to hang himself with a cord from his tracksuit bottoms.
He was rushed to the Mater hospital by ambulance, but never regained consciousness.
He died on September 16th, 2005. His family have campaigned that the circumstances of his death differed from the Garda version of events and that he was mistreated while in a cell.
The inquest in Dublin City Coroner's Court has heard that Mr Wheelock was caught "red-handed" fleeing from a stolen car and was in custody less than two and a half hours when he was discovered unconscious in his cell with a ligature around his neck.
