Strangled woman ran into 'cul-de-sac'

A young woman attempting to escape her attacker in parkland in County Cork met her death when she ran into an "impenetrably dense" area of vegetation and was overtaken, the state pathologist told a murder trial jury today.

Prof John Harbison was giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court that he carried out an initial examination at the overgrown location in the Regional Park, Ballincollig, Co Cork where the body of Ms Rachel Kiely (22) was found dead.