Bruna Fonseca's injuries 'in keeping with manual strangulation', murder trial told

The court has heard that Miller Pacheco denied saying: 'I choke her'

Assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said Bruna Fonseca's (pictured) injuries were consistent with manual strangulation.

Bruna Fonseca’s injuries were consistent with manual strangulation — with a hand at the front of her neck — the judge and jury were told by the pathologist at a murder trial in Cork.

32-year-old Miller Pacheco pleaded not guilty to the murder of his former girlfriend 28-year-old Bruna Fonseca at his apartment at Liberty Street in Cork on January 1, 2023.