‘Worst set of facts’ heard by trial jury

A murder trial jury has been told it has sat through one of the worst set of facts in relation to any murder in the history of the State.

The body of Bruno Lemes de Souza, aged 28, a Brazilian man living in Gort, Co Galway, had been found in a bog drain near Listowel, Co Kerry, some weeks after he called to a house near Ballyduff in north Kerry in connection with a car deal, the Central Criminal Court in Tralee has been told.

John Paul Cawley, of Ardoughter, Ballyduff, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr de Souza at Shronowen Bog, Tullamore, Listowel, on February 16 or 17, 2012.