Man who helped 'house of horrors' murderer in Cork loses appeal against conviction

Catherine O’Connor, from Kinsale, is currently serving life in prison for the murders of Jonathan Duke and John Forrester

Ciprian Grozavu (pictured) was sentenced in 2021 to eight years for assisting Catherine O'Connor in trying to dispose of the body of Jonathan Duke in the Bandon River, File picture: Denis Minihane

A convicted murderer who threw a second man's body into a Cork river after that victim found out about the first killing has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction for impeding the garda investigation.

Jonathan Duke (27) was strangled at Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co. Cork, on November 12, 2011. His body was moved downstairs in what was dubbed "the house of horrors", trussed up with an electrical cord and then thrown into the nearby River Bandon.