INQUEST INTO MANUELA RIEDOS DEATH TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW

Date Published: 21-May-2009

An inquest into the death of Swiss teenager, Manuela Riedo, who was murdered in the city two years ago, is to held at Galway Courthouse tomorrow morning.Manuela's body was found on wasteland close to the railway line at Lough Atalia, on October 8, 2007. The 17 year old student, who had arrived in Galway just three days beforehand for a two-week stay to learn English, had been strangled.29 year old Gerald Barry, of Rosan Glas, Rahoon, received a life sentence for the teenager’s murder following a seven-day trial before a jury in the Central Criminal Court last March.