A chef has been jailed for life for the murder of a father of three who was found partially dismembered and headless on the grounds of a derelict house in Cork by a man who who was out looking for his missing cat.
On March 31st at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork a jury of eight women and four men found Ionut Cosmin Nicholescu, a 31 year old native of Branistea, Damobovita County, Romania, guilty of the murder of 64 year old Frankie Dunne. The jurors reached their unanimous verdict after deliberating for close to eight hours.
The three week trial had heard that the head of Mr Dunne was found in a bag on the grounds of Castlegreine House in Boreenmanna Road in Cork on December 28th, 2019. His body was discovered under a tree in the property, whilst his arms, which had been removed from his body, were “draped over the branch of a tree.”
