Post mortem finds no evidence of sex assault in Holohan murder

Gardaí investigating the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan in Cork have revealed that the youngster died of asphyxia, but said there was no evidence that he had been sexually assaulted.

Post mortem finds no evidence of sex assault in Holohan murder

Gardaí investigating the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan in Cork have revealed that the youngster died of asphyxia, but said there was no evidence that he had been sexually assaulted.

The schoolboy's body was found on Wednesday in undergrowth near Inch Strand, around 11 miles from where he had disappeared close to his Midleton home more than a week earlier.

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