The boyfriend of Malawian student Rudo Mawere, whose body was found in a suitcase on a Dublin street, admitted to murder before taking his own life, an inquest heard yesterday.

A jury at the Dublin City Coroner's Court has returned a verdict of unlawful killing at the inquest into the death of a Malawian woman who was strangled and dumped in a suitcase.

An inquest into the death of a Malawian woman whose body was found dumped in a bag on Blackhorse Avenue in Dublin, has heard how her boyfriend confessed to murder before taking his own life.