Community remembers murdered vet

A close-knit rural community gathered last night to pay their respects at the removal of an Irish vet who was murdered in Wales last October.

Catherine Gowing, 37, from Clonlee, Clareen, Birr, Co Offaly, was last seen alive at a supermarket in Queensferry, north Wales on Friday, Oct 12, 2012. Her remains were returned to her family yesterday.

She had been living in New Brighton, Flintshire, north Wales, close to where she worked at a veterinary practice for around 18 months prior to her murder.