Victim’s body still being held until family contacted

IT could be several days before the body of the second man murdered in Bandon last week is released to his family for burial.

Detectives say they are still investigating the murder of 42-year-old father-of-four John Forrester, whose body was recovered from the river Bandon last Tuesday morning. He had been beaten and stabbed. The body was found wrapped in a rug, with its hands and feet bound.

By last weekend, gardaí had, with the help of diplomats in the British embassy in Dublin, and Interpol, traced Mr Forrester’s relatives in Britain.