Nanny was not pregnant, trial told

Nanny Aoife Phelan was not pregnant when she was strangled to death, a murder trial has heard.

Prof Marie Cassidy, the state pathologist, carried out the autopsy on the 30-year-old’s body after it was discovered buried on the accused man’s property.

Robert Corbet, aged 25, of Capoley, Sheffield Cross, Co Laois, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Phelan at Capoley. He has admitted her manslaughter between October 25 and November 7, when gardaí found her body doubled over in a barrel there.