Donal O'Sullivan, found naked and critically injured at the bottom of a staircase, is 'unable to shed any light on the incident'

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An Irishman who went missing for five days in Sydney's eastern suburbs has told police he does not have a clue what happened to him.



Donal O'Sullivan was found, largely by chance, lying naked and suffering critical injuries at the bottom of a stairwell in Bondi Junction's East Tower on the evening of 7 May.

The 33-year-old carpenter had been missing for five days and was last seen leaving the nearby Tea Gardens Hotel on a Saturday morning.

O'Sullivan underwent two rounds of brain surgery and by last Friday had recovered enough to speak with detectives.

But the popular Irishman told them he could not remember a thing.

"He was unable to shed any light on the incident," a NSW police spokesman said.

Police have previously described the case as one of “misadventure”.

His injuries suggest he fell after stepping into the fire stairs area of East Tower.

But the circumstances that led him to the commercial building remain a mystery.

A cleaning manager only found him by chance as he checked on a colleague's work.

Detectives have not closed the case and are still taking witness statements from a number of people.

They have appealed for anyone with further information to make contact.

Members of O'Sullivan's family are understood to have flown from Ireland to oversee his recovery.

Messages of support – including one from Guinness – have poured onto a social media page that was initially set up to help find O'Sullivan.

His employers KNF Construction organised a fundraising five-a-side football tournament in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville on Sunday.

