Man accused of murdering Bruna Fonseca in Cork further remanded in custody

Bruna Fonseca was found dead in a flat in Cork city centre on New Year’s Day

Bruna Fonseca (pictured) was a qualified librarian, who had come to Cork in September and had been working as a contract cleaner at the Mercy University Hospital. File picture:

The 29-year-old man accused of murdering young Brazilian woman Bruna Fonseca in a flat in Cork city centre on New Year’s Day has been remanded in custody until February 13.

Miller Pacheco is charged with the murder of Bruna Fonseca (28) at Liberty Street, Cork, on January 1 contrary to Common Law and he appeared in Cork District Court on Monday by video link from prison.