A man who today denied murdering a teenage Swiss student will go on trial tomorrow.
Gerard Barry has pleaded not guilty to killing Manuela Riedo in Galway city 17 months ago.
The 17-year-old’s body was found on waste ground on the banks of Lough Atalia by a man walking his dog on October 9th, 2007.
Ms Riedo, from a suburb of Berne, had only arrived in the country two days earlier to attend an English language school.
Barry (28) of Rosan Glas, Rahoon, appeared before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin where he also pleaded not guilty to theft of a mobile phone and a camera.
A jury of six men and six women was sworn in for the trial, which Mr Justice Paul Carney adjourned until tomorrow.
The student’s parents, Hans-Peter and Arlette Riedo, her aunt, two teachers and a school friend have travelled to Dublin for the case, which is expected to last two and a half weeks.
PA