Garda and prison investigation into death of Sameer Syed to take place

Criminal proceedings against man accused of murdering his wife and two children ended

Sameer Syed at the funeral of his wife and two children. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

A Garda and prison investigation will take place into the death of Sameer Syed, who was due to stand trial on Wednesday for the triple murder of his wife and two children at their south Dublin home before he was found dead in his jail cell last week, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Brendan Grehan SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, also told the court there would be a "full inquest" into the deaths of Syed's wife Seema Banu, her daughter Asfira Riza and her son Faizan Syed.