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There is "very strong support" for the view that Nora Sheehan, who went missing 42 years ago before her body was found dumped in dense undergrowth, had previously been in a car driven by murder accused Noel Long, a forensic scientist has told a cold case trial.

There is "very strong support" for the view that Nora Sheehan, who went missing 42 years ago before her body was found dumped in dense undergrowth, had previously been in a car driven by murder accused Noel Long, a forensic scientist has told a cold case trial.

Noel Long (74) has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 54-year-old in 1981…

Noel Long (74) has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 54-year-old in 1981

The pathologist who carried out the postmortem on Cork woman Nora Sheehan, whose body was found dumped in dense undergrowth 42 years ago, died weeks after carrying out the examination, a cold case murder trial has heard.

Timothy Creedon said he had been on holiday in Inishannon, Co Cork when Mrs Sheehans body was discovered, and he later took swabs from her body

Her body was found by forestry workers at The Viewing Point, Shippool Woods in Cork six days after she went missing.

Her body was found by forestry workers at The Viewing Point, Shippool Woods in Cork six days after she went missing.

The scientist who preserved key forensic evidence taken from the body of Cork woman Nora Sheehan 42 years ago happened to be on holiday at the time just kilometres from where her body was found, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Her body was found by forestry workers at The Viewing Point, Shippool Woods in Cork six days after she went missing.