Doctor says Nicola Furlong 'fought back while being strangled'

The doctor who carried out an autopsy on the body of Irishwoman Nicola Furlong in Tokyo has said she was conscious and had fought back while she was being strangled.

On the second day of the trial of an American man accused of murdering the Wexford student, Dr Kenichi Yoshida said he believed Nichola was strangled for several minutes and that she eventually suffocated.