Woman killed over pregnancy, gardaí told

The man charged with murdering Laois nanny Aoife Phelan told detectives he killed her because her pregnancy was going to scupper his relationship with his ex-girlfriend.

The jury in Robert Corbet’s trial yesterday heard extracts from the interviews he gave gardaí after her body was found on his property.

The 25-year-old from Capoley, Sheffield Cross, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Ms Phelan. However, he has admitted the manslaughter of the 30-year-old between October 25 and November 7, 2012, when her body was found in a barrel, buried in Capoley.