Accused man sold murdered Swiss student’s mobile phone

THE man accused of murdering Swiss student Manuela Riedo in October 2007 sold Ms Riedo’s mobile phone to his sister’s boyfriend nine days after the killing, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The body of Ms Riedo, aged 17, was found in wasteland beside a pedestrian walkway known as The Line, close to the Lough Atalia area of Galway city.

She had arrived in Galway to study English three days earlier.