Man charged with slurry pit body murder

A MAN has been remanded in custody after being charged yesterday with the murder of a new-age traveller whose body was found dumped in a slurry tank in west Cork almost three years ago.

Jason Thomas, 38, and of no fixed abode, was arrested at Cork Airport on Wednesday night following his extradition from Britain on foot of a European arrest warrant.

He was brought before a vacation sitting of Clonakilty District Court yesterday morning where he was charged with the murder of Gary Bull, 37, at Shanlaragh, Dunmanway, Co Cork, on or about September 23, 2007.