Man charged with Cork teen murder

A 19-year old man was yesterday returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering a teenage girl in a…

A 19-year old man was yesterday returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering a teenage girl in a Cork city suburb earlier this year.

Mr Jonathan Kepple, with an address at Bence House, Rainsborough Avenue, Deptford, London, is charged with the murder of Ms Rachel Sandeman on waste ground off Nutley Road in Mahon on February 5th.

At Cork District Court, Judge Uinsinn Mac Gruirc remanded Mr Kepple in continuing custody to the Central Criminal Court sittings, on foot of an application by Insp Michael O'Donovan.

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