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Sat 03 Mar 2007DPP defends handling of Murphy case The Director of Public Prosecution, James Hamilton, has defended his handling of the Brian Murphy case. Conor Lally, Crime Correspondent, reports.Mr Hamilton has said there was sound legal precedence for providing State pathologist Prof Marie Cassidy with only limited medical records on which to determine cause of death of Mr Murphy (18), from Clonskeagh, Dublin.