Mother of rape victim claims accused was near rape scene

The mother of a 22-year-old Cork woman who was found strangled and raped in a derelict ruin in a park near her home identified the accused man in court today as the man she saw near the scene of the murder shortly after her daughter went missing.

Mrs Rose Kiely was giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court on the second day of the trial of an 18-year-old Cork man who denies murdering Rachel Kiely at the Regional Park, Ballincollig, Co Cork on 26 October 2000.