‘Unlikely’ that person acted alone in tying up body

A pathologist who observed a complex of multiple injuries on the body of a dead man found tied up in the River Bandon said it was very unlikely a person acting alone could have tied up and disposed of the body.

Dr Margot Bolster, the assistant State pathologist, was giving evidence in the trial of Ciprian Grozavu, aged 39, of Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co Cork, who denies murdering John Forrester, aged 42, at Bridge House on November 12, 2011.

The jury previously heard Catherine O’Connor had admitted the murder. Mr Grozavu told gardaí she did it alone.