Gardaí seize 4x4 in probe into slurry pit murder

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a man whose body was dumped in a Co Cork slurry pit continued to question a woman in her 40s last night following the seizure of a 4x4.

The blue Isuzu four-wheel drive, which was sought by detectives investigating the murder of 37-year-old new age traveller Garry Bull, was recovered in Ballyneety, Co Limerick, at about 6pm. It will be examined by forensic experts from the Garda Technical Bureau today. The 4x4 was seized as detectives continued to question an Irishwoman in her mid-40s at Bandon Garda Station.

She became the seventh person to be arrested as part of the murder probe when she was detained on the outskirts of Cork city just after midday under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allow gardaí to question her for 24 hours.