Mother of murder victim allowed amend claim over compensation refusal

The mother of a murder victim has gone to court in a bid to challenge a refusal by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to grant her compensation.

Magdalena Vonkova, from Prague in the Czech Republic, is the mother of Nicola Vonkova (19) who was murdered by Jakub Fidler at Inverin in Galway in July 2008.