DETENTION PERIOD EXTENDED FOR MAN HELD FOR INVERIN DEATH

Date Published: 21-Jul-2008

The period of detention has been extended for the man in his early twenties arrested in connection with the death of a woman in na Minna in Inverin.

He was arrested in the Inverin area in the early hours of this morning and is being detained at Millstreet Garda station in the city under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

The young woman who died is believed to be in her early 20’s and from the Czech republic and it’s thought the man arrested at the scene is also from the Czech republic.

His initial period of detention was for 6 hours and this has now been extended by a further 6 hours.

Supt Noel Kelly from Salthill who’s leading the investigation says they are treating the death as murder.