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Dr Hugh White, a Home Office pathologist who carried out a post-mortem examination after Liam's embalmed body was flown back from Crete to the UK, said he had suffered severe head fractures.

Avon Coroner Paul Forrest had earlier called on Mrs Visser's family to apologise for sending a statement to the press on the eve of the inquest, at Kings Weston House, Bristol.

Hogan, 33, has been receiving treatment at a psychiatric hospital near Athens since a court cleared him of murder, ruling he was suffering an "earthquake" of psychosis when he took Liam's life.

After the verdict, Mrs Visser called on British authorities to "rectify a miscarriage of justice", claiming their son had "lost his life for nothing".

After the inquest heard how Liam's father had suffered a long history of psychosis and depression, Hogan's lawyer, Matthew Barnes, invited the coroner to consider his mental state in coming to his verdict.

He said: "He was not aware of what he was doing because of the disease of his mind."

However, Mrs Visser's mother, Elizabeth Steel, said, contrary to Mr Barnes' comments, it was not "undisputed" that Hogan was suffering from severe psychosis.

The coroner adjourned the case and will announce his verdict tomorrow.

2:46pm Wednesday 26th March 2008

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