CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FREEZER BODY DEATH

Date Published: 16-Feb-2009

A 45 year old city man has pleaded guilty to killing a man whose body was discovered in a freezer storeroom in the city almost five years after his death.At the Central Criminal Court, Edward Griffin of Cappagh Road, admitted the unlawful killing of Dubliner Paddy McCormack on a date between June and September 2002.The remains of Mr McCormack were found in a walk-in freezer by the owner of a fishmongers shop at Henry Street in the city on the 13th of June 2007.Edward Griffin was charged with his murder and was due to go on trial today but pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Mr Justice Paul Carney remanded him on continuing bail for sentence on the 5th of May.