Sister gives evidence in Canal body trial

The younger sister of two Dublin women on trial for the murder of an African man who’s headless body was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin last year, has claimed she was told the deceased tried to rape one of the accused.

Giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court yesterday Marie Mulhall said her sister Charlotte came to her in tears and told her of her involvement in the death of Farah Swaleh Noor, who had been dating their mother.