Ukrainian changes plea in body in suitcase trial

The trial of a Ukranian man accused of murdering a Romanian man and dumping his body in a suitcase in a Dublin canal came to an abrupt end today in the Central Criminal Court when the accused changed his plea.

Igore Derjhack, aged 30, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the murder of Adrian Bestea, aged 21, and to assisting another man dispose of his body in Dublin's Royal Canal on July 9, 2001.