Main suspect in women’s murder refuses to attend inquest

THE prime suspect for the murder of two female patients in the grounds of a Dublin psychiatric hospital in 1997 has refused to attend an inquest into their deaths.

Englishman, Mark Nash yesterday informed the Governor of Arbour Hill Prison, Tom Somers he would not comply with a witness summons to attend Dublin Coroner’s Court this morning.

Nash was issued with an order by the Dublin City Coroner, Dr Brian Farrell to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of Mary Callinan, 61 and Sylvia Shields, 57.