“Pyjama Girl” Inquest
.MKLCOrRXK, This Day. The opinion dial ;i bullet wound in iffi. fiend or the "Pyjama Girl" was not the cause of dentil, but that death could have been caused by heavy and repeated blows on the head, was expressed by Dr. C. H. -Mollison, pathologist, who is a world authority on post-mortem examinations, at the inquest today. Dr. -Mollison read a long - statement prepared on the results of a post-mortem conducted by himself, with Dr. WritrlitXmitli. He said fie based fiis opinion ifiai head injuries could have caused detail from the evidence of the haemorrhage which lie and Dr. Wright-Smith had discovered in all the tissues immediately surrounding the fractures. Those fractures could not have been caused by the body falling; 10 to 12 feet. He was unable to form an opinion as to whether the bullet wound had been inflicted before or after death, but would, say it had not caused death.
There could not have been sufficient application of force from one blow to have caused all the fractures. Considerable violence was needed to make a two-inch hole in the skull and left temple, which was (he principal injury. The inquest was adjourned until today.
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Northern Advocate, 26 April 1944, Page 7
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