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15/11/2012
Aoife Phelan Murder Accused Granted Legal Aid
A lorry driver accused of the murder of Aoife Phelan in Co Laois last month has been granted free legal aid after a court heard that his haulage business is being wound up.
24-year-old Robert Corbet, of Sheffield Cross, Timahoe Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois had shook his head and said “no” when he was charged last week. He has been accused of murdering the 30-year-old nanny at Capoley, Portlaoise, on October 25, the date of her disappearance.
Her body was found concealed in a bin buried in a pit on the outskirts of the Co Laois town on November 7 last.
Mr Corbet appeared today at Cloverhill District Court before Judge Grainne Malone.
At his first court hearing there had been a Garda objection to free legal aid being granted on the grounds that Mr Corbet owns a haulage business.
However, Judge Malone was told that the objection was being dropped. Detective Sergeant John Healy told the judge that “the haulage business is in the process of being wound up”.
Mr Corbet was granted legal aid and the defence consented to him being further remanded in custody for four weeks. His next hearing will take place at Cloverhill District Court on December 13.
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24-year-old Robert Corbet, of Sheffield Cross, Timahoe Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois had shook his head and said “no” when he was charged last week. He has been accused of murdering the 30-year-old nanny at Capoley, Portlaoise, on October 25, the date of her disappearance.
Her body was found concealed in a bin buried in a pit on the outskirts of the Co Laois town on November 7 last.
Mr Corbet appeared today at Cloverhill District Court before Judge Grainne Malone.
At his first court hearing there had been a Garda objection to free legal aid being granted on the grounds that Mr Corbet owns a haulage business.
However, Judge Malone was told that the objection was being dropped. Detective Sergeant John Healy told the judge that “the haulage business is in the process of being wound up”.
Mr Corbet was granted legal aid and the defence consented to him being further remanded in custody for four weeks. His next hearing will take place at Cloverhill District Court on December 13.
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