Accused called to neighbour at 1am on day body found

The young man who denies murdering the 59-year-old whose body was found in a rubbish chute woke a neighbour in the early hours of that morning to ask him to tie his tie for him.

David O’Loughlin, 31, with an address at Garden City Apartments, North Main Street, Cork, went on trial after pleading 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.