A cage fighter and his accomplice in the murder of a 23-year-old beaten and left to drown in the river Shannon have moved to appeal their convictions.

The mother of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon has said she cannot forget her son’s “massacred face” when she closes her eyes.

A 35-year-old man appeared in court yesterday in connection with the investigation into the murder of Patryk Krupa in Athlone last year.

A man, aged in his 20s, who was being questioned by Gardaí in connection with the death of a Polish man in Athlone on Friday - has now been released without charge.

A man has been charged with assaulting and falsely imprisoning 23-year-old Patryk Krupa, whose body was taken from the River Shannon near Athlone on Friday night.