Stephen McCourt on trial for murder of man whose dismembered body was found by diver
A jury presiding in a murder trial was today told evidence will be heard regarding “incomplete” human remains recovered from a reservoir in Co Tyrone .
Addressing the jury, Crown prosecutor Gary McHugh said that during the course of the trial - which is expected to last between four and five weeks - that “significant attention” should be given to several pieces of evidence. Regarding Mr Heagney’s phone use, the prosecutor said at the relevant period there was contact between the two men and that the last message Mr Heagney sent was to McCourt at 10.55am on New Year’s Day.
The prosecutor told the jury: “Mr Heagney’s incomplete remains were recovered from the reservoir ... wrapped in a number of coverings. He had been dismembered, the body had been cut into pieces. We say you will hear proof of Damien Heagney’s identity being established.” The prosecutor said: “You will hear how the police conducted a thorough forensic investigation, an examination of the flat where different forensic samples were taken, preserved and analysed.
PSNI Co Tyrone Dromore Belfast Crown Court Cookstown Co Down
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