Garda probe after body found in ditch
The body of the non-national was discovered by an ESB sub-contractor who was checking poles after a power fault in the area. A stunned Sean Burns was very shaken by the grim discovery on the Castlepollard Road yesterday morning.
“My suspicions were aroused when I saw the cover of a kitchen knife on the ground near a ditch. When I walked over, I saw a hole in the ditch. I went closer and found a body lying on its side.”
Mr Burns said he then called out to the man but there was no answer.
“He looked like a non-national. His skin was darker than an Irish person’s - yet it wasn’t black. I knew straight away from his face that he was dead.”
The grim discovery was made shortly after 10.30am and gardaí were immediately alerted. The scene was sealed off, pending a full examination of the scene.
* Gardaí in Tralee, Co Kerry, were yesterday continuing to investigate the death of a 47-year-old asylum seeker believed to have died from a stab wound to the chest.
The man died in hospital on Saturday afternoon after a row at an apartment complex used to house asylum seekers.
Assistant state pathologist Dr Margot Bolster carried out a post-mortem examination yesterday on the body of the man, a native of the Republic of Georgia.
The altercation occurred at 2.30pm at Westward Court at Mary Street in the town centre.
* Meanwhile, gardaí at Donnybrook are also appealing for information that might help establish how a woman out exercising received serious head injuries at Herbert Park in Dublin on Friday evening.
The woman, who is in her 30s, was discovered lying face down on a lane adjacent to Herbert Park, beside the Dodder walk at about 7.20pm. She was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital and was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital where her condition is described as critical.
Anybody who was in the area of Herbert Park on Friday between 6 and 7.30pm and who may be able to assist should contact Donnybrook Garda Station, on 01-666 9200.
