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A man has been found guilty of the murder of 47-year-old Kieran Quilligan, whose skeletal remains were found in a carrier bag in a County Cork ravine.<\/p>\n
Mr Quilligan was last seen alive on 1 September 2023. He had been missing for five months when his remains were found by garda\u00ed (Irish police).<\/p>\n
Niall Long, 33, of St Michael’s Close in the Mahon area of Cork city, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The jury will resume deliberations on his co-accused, 27-year-old Luke Taylor, previously of Cherry Lawn, Cork, on Friday. Mr Taylor denies murder. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In his closing speech to the jury, prosecution senior counsel, Donal O’Sullivan, said Mr Quilligan was “lured” to his death.<\/p>\n
He added that but for the incredible investigative work by garda\u00ed (Irish police) the remains would never have been found.<\/p>\n
The court had earlier been told that an exact cause of death for Mr Quilligan could not be established because of the decomposition of the remains.<\/p>\n
However, a pathologist told the court that injuries, including fractures to the ribs, chest, neck and skull, were consistent with a “severe assault”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n