A 42-year-old Louth man has been found guilty of the murder of a young German woman in Co Meath in 2001 at the Central Criminal court today.

A German tourist found dead in dense undergrowth was naked from the waist down and her head was detached from her body, a court heard today.

A 42-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a German tourist at the Central Criminal court.