Witness at murder trial 'heard wailing near ruin'

A witness has told a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court that she heard a wailing sound as she passed a ruin in a Co Cork park, near to where the strangled body of 22-year-old beautician Rachel Kiely was found.

Niamh Cotter was giving evidence in the trial of a 22-year-old accused who has denied murdering and raping Ms Kiely at the Regional Park in Ballincollig on October 26, 2000, when he was 16 years old, but pleaded guilty to her manslaughter.