MAN IN COURT CHARGED WITH AMANDA’S MURDER
Electrician, 34, remanded over girlfriend death
A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after being charged with murdering his girlfriend.
The body of mum-of-two Amanda Carroll was discovered in her apartment in Cabra, North Dublin, on Sunday.
A postmortem found the 32-year-old had sustained serious injuries.
Electrician Sean Nolan, of Ashington Crescent, Navan Road, Dublin, was arrested on Sunday and detained at Mountjoy Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The 34-year-old was charged shortly after 1am yesterday and brought before Dublin District Court.
In a hearing that lasted only a few minutes, Det Gda Aidan Flanagan said when the charge was put to Nolan, he made no reply. The district court cannot grant bail in murder cases and defence solicitor Yvonne Bambury said there was consent to the accused being remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court next Tuesday. Dressed in a black hooded top and white T-shirt, Nolan stood silently with his arms folded during the brief hearing.
He has not yet indicated how he will plead and legal aid was granted.
Due to the nature of the charge a bail application would have to be brought before the High Court.
Amanda, originally from the north inner-city, had worked in the Marino area.
The former child development student had lived at Homestead Court apartments on Quarry Road for the past 11 years.
It was there her body was found shortly after 2.30pm on Sunday.
She had a 16-year-old son and another child aged five.