An internet and call shop owner has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a customer, whom he kicked to death after he refused to pay in full for a 70c phonecall.

The prime suspect in the case of a murdered woman found in a travel bag took his own life in a wooded area in Kent.

Gardaí were yesterday examining a flat just yards from where the bag containing the body of Rudo Mawere was dumped at the weekend and are also seeking to speak to her boyfriend who has been missing since last Saturday.