Scientists recall gruesome body find for court in Mahon case

A forensic anthropologist has told the jury in Melissa Mahon murder trial that remains found at Lough Gill in Sligo in early 2008 were of a human female aged between 14 and 16 years.

Scientists recall gruesome body find for court in Mahon case

A forensic anthropologist has told the jury in Melissa Mahon murder trial that remains found at Lough Gill in Sligo in early 2008 were of a human female aged between 14 and 16 years.

Laureen Buckley told the Central Criminal Court that she examined bones found at the Lough which made up 65% of a full skeleton.

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