Woman accused of drowning colleague

A woman has gone on trial, charged with murdering her colleague in Wicklow by driving him into a deep harbour where he drowned.

The prosecutor told the jury that Marta Herda, aged 29, could swim and knew the deceased could not when she drove her car through the crash barriers at South Quay, Arklow.

The Polish waitress, of Pairc Na Saile, Emoclew Rd, Arklow, pleaded not guilty to murdering Csaba Orsas, aged 31, on March 26, 2013.