A WOMAN on trial for murdering a man known as “Gold-tooth” allegedly told the victim’s ex-partner she smashed his head in with a mallet, claiming she did it for her.

A MAN has been remanded in custody after being charged yesterday with the murder of a new-age traveller whose body was found dumped in a slurry tank in west Cork almost three years ago.

DNA samples were needed to identify a man who was murdered and whose body was dumped in a slurry pit, an inquest has heard.

A WOMAN questioned about the murder of a man whose body was found dumped in a slurry tank was released without charge last night.

Detectives investigating the murder of an Englishman whose body was found in the slurry tank of a remote farm made a further arrest today.

Detectives tonight launched a murder investigation after tests on a man’s body removed from a slurry tank on a remote farm in west Co Cork showed he died violently.

Tests carried out tonight on a body removed from a slurry tank on a remote farm in west Co Cork are expected to determine if the person was murdered.

CORK County Council will continue to collect clean silage wrap at designated sites up to July 3.