Key witness summonsed by coroner

A coroner has summonsed a key witness to appear before her after he failed to appear at an inquest yesterday into the death a man who was facing a murder charge.

Cork City coroner Dr Myra Cullinane directed that Micheál Ó Murchu give direct evidence before her inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Timothy Kelleher’s death.

Mr Kelleher, aged 25, of Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Cork, had been charged last October with the murder of Mark Hanlon, aged 31, in Cork, on May 6, 2012. But he died just days later.