The jury in the trial of a Mayo man accused of killing his baby son is expected to begin considering its verdict today.
40 year old John Tighe of Lavallyroe in Ballyhaunis denies murdering six month old Joshua by placing two tissues in his mouth in June 2013.
The jurors have three verdicts open to them: guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty.
It's the prosecution's case that John Tighe placed a wad of two tissues in his son's mouth and says a baby couldn't form, chew or swallow a wad of that size.
But John Tighe says what happened was an accident and the baby must have put the tissues in his mouth himself while he left him unattended for a few minutes to go to the bathroom.
The Judge is due to finish charging the jury this morning and it will then begin considering its verdict.
