Man on boat died in mysterious circumstances

A YOUNG man who was rebuilding his life after release from prison died in mysterious circumstances on a boat moored at a city quay, an inquest was told yesterday.

Cork Coroner’s Court heard how the body of John Casey, 23, from Glencree Crescent in Mayfield, Cork, was found on board a 27ft fishing boat moored at Horgan’s Quay late on August 31, 2006.

Mr Casey had been released from prison in May and was making a fresh start with his girlfriend, Nora Harty, in their flat on the Lower Glanmire Road, just a few hundred yards from where he was found dead.