Brazilian’s body was found in bog drain, court hears

A 22-year-old man has gone on trial for the murder of a Brazilian man, whose body was discovered in a bog in North Kerry.

The jury was told the 28-year-old deceased, who had called to a house at Ballyduff, had been “savagely killed”.

John Paul Cawley of Ardoughter, Ballyduff, Co Kerry, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Bruno Lemes de Souza at Shronowen Bog, Tullamore, Listowel on February 16/17 in 2012.