Man ‘knew he could be charged for statement’

A man who said he helped dispose of Marioara Rostas’s body said he wanted to give a statement against the man charged with murdering her, despite knowing he too could be charged, his solicitor has said.

The solicitor, Bridget Rouse, was yesterday called by the defence after the prosecution closed its case in the trial of the Dublin man charged with her murder.

Alan Wilson, aged 35, of New Street Gardens, has pleaded not guilty to the 18-year-old’s murder at a house on Brabazon St, The Coombe, between January 7 and 8, 2008.