Rapist’s arm ‘was cut off after death’

The state pathologist has confirmed that the severed arm of a convicted rapist washed up on Dollymount Strand was cut from the body following death.

At the opening of the inquest into the death of James Nolan, aged 46, from Fairlawn Road, Finglas, Dublin, the Dublin coroner told the family Professor Marie Cassidy has established that the arm was severed following death.

The arm was found at the north Dublin beach on Feb 8, 2011.