Autopsy results to determine course of Carrigaline assault investigation

A 39-year-old man, who was known to Stella Nnamdi, has been arrested and is being questioned by gardaí.

Garda forensic experts arrive at the home where a woman passed away following following an incident at the house in Garrydhu Drive, Carrigaline. Picture: David Creedon

An autopsy this afternoon will be pivotal in the investigation into the death of an 82-year-old woman who died two days after an alleged assault at her home in Carrigaline.

Stella Nnamdi, a grandmother from a well-respected family who had fled from violence in Nigeria to Ireland many years ago, died in Cork University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.