Case returned for trial to Central Criminal Court

The man accused of murdering a teenager at her home in Cork and attempting to murder her friend had the case against him returned for trial today to the Central Criminal Court.

Peter Whelan, aged 20, from Ashgrove, Underwood, Rochestown, Cork, is charged with the murder of Nicola Sweeney and the attempted murder of Sinead O'Leary at Underwood House in Rochestown last April 27.