Body of boxer Sutherland exhumed

It has been confirmed that the body of Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland has been exhumed.

The 27-year-old was found dead at an apartment in London last September and was buried in Navan in Meath.

Darren Sutherland won a bronze medal for boxing at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

He then turned professional and won four fights prior to his death.

His body was discovered at an apartment in the London suburb of Bromley almost a year ago.

Last July, Meath County Council granted his family a licence to have his body exhumed, a process that was carried out this morning at St Finian's Cemetery in Navan.

It is understood it is to allow a pathologist from Northern Ireland to carry out an examination on his remains.