Maintenance man shocked when body fell out of rubbish chute, murder trial hears

A maintenance man trying to unblock a rubbish chute at a Cork city apartment complex was shocked when the body of a dead man fell out of the chute, a judge and jury at a murder trial were told.

Ms Justice Tara Burns and a jury of seven women and five men were hearing the first evidence in the trial of David O’Loughlin, 31, with an address at Garden City Apartments, North Main Street, Cork, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Liam Manley, 59, at Garden City Apartments on May 12, 2013, at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.