17/10/2007

Questioning Continues In Slurry Tank Murder Probe

Gardaí continue to question a 44-year-old woman in connection with the murder of New Age traveller Gary Bull in Cork.

The woman, who was arrested on the outskirts of Cork city on Tuesday afternoon, has had her period of detention extended.

The body of Mr Bull, originally from the Hertfordshire area of England, was found in a slurry tank on a farm in the Shanlaragh area of Dunmanway last Thursday.

A post-mortem revealed that he died from head injuries.

Seven people have been questioned in the murder investigation so far.

An Izusu jeep was recovered in Ballyneety in Co Limerick on Tuesday and it is now being forensically examined.

(KMcA)


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