The trial of a Ukrainian man accused of the murder of a Romanian national whose body was found in a suitcase in the Royal Canal in Dublin continued in the absence of the jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A man whose bloodied body was found dumped in a suitcase in a Dublin canal was murdered in a contract "beating" that went too far, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Ukrainian man has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in what became known as 'the body in the suitcase' crime.

A Ukrainian man has been further remanded for sentence tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in what became known as 'the body in the suitcase' crime.

A Ukrainian man has been remanded for sentence next week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after admitting to his role in what became known as 'the body in the suitcase' crime.

A body of a man has been found in the Royal Canal in Dublin.

A Russian ex-policeman has appeared in court charged with the murder of a Romanian whose body was found in a suitcase in the Royal Canal last year.

WHEN the children playing near the Royal Canal in Dublin saw a suitcase floating in the grimy water, little did they know the Pandora's Box of crime, intrigue and deception they were about to open.

The girlfriend of a man who's body was found in a suitcase in the Royal Canal last summer, a case which mystified gardai for weeks, has been jailed for two years by Judge Yvonne Murphy.

The girlfriend of a Romanian man, whose body was found in a suitcase in Dublin’s Royal Canal, will be sentenced this morning for offences connected with his death.

A 24-year-old Latvian man appeared before Dublin District Court this morning, charged with assaulting a 21-year-old Romanian whose body was found in a suitcase in Dublin’s Royal Canal in July.

A Latvian man in his 30s is expected to appear before Dublin District Court today in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Romanian immigrant Adrian Bestea in July.

Gardai in Dublin have charged a second man in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Romanian immigrant Adrian Bestea in July.

A second man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Romanian in Dublin this summer.

A 28-year-old Ukrainian asylum seeker has been remanded in custody at Dublin District Court charged with assaulting a Romanian man whose body was found 12 days later in a suitcase in the Royal Canal.

A 28-year-old Ukrainian man is due in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Romanian man Adrian Bestea.

A 28-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the discovery of the body in a Romanian in a suitcase in canal in Dublin, gardai said.

The mother of the Romanian man who was murdered in Dublin and dumped in the Royal Canal is to appeal for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.

The 21-year-old Romanian man whose body was found inside a suitcase in the Royal Canal in Dublin more than three weeks ago will be remembered at a church service in Dublin today.

Relatives and friends of 21-year-old Adrian Bestea, the murder victim whose body was dumped in a suitcase in Dublin's Royal Canal, are making preparations to bring his body home.