Man accused of murder in West Cork dies before trial begins 

Gerard Lynch at Bandon Court charged with the murder of Derry Coakley. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts

A man accused of murder in West Cork died before his trial could commence today and it emerged that he had wanted to plead guilty to manslaughter when he was fatally ill.

Deirdre Coakley, 22, said she felt that she and her mother, Siobhán did not get justice for her father, Derry Coakley, after the accused man, Gerard Lynch, died before he could be tried on a murder charge over the killing.