Ciprian Grozavu denies murder charge at Cork trial

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Ciprian Grozavu denies murdering Jonathan Duke at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, reported on 3 December 2018. The alleged killing occurred at Bridge House in Bandon, Co Cork, on 12 November 2011. Prosecutor Tim O’Leary SC said the jury would hear that Duke’s body was recovered from the River Bandon, with strangulation identified as the cause of death. The prosecution also said witnesses heard a commotion, saw a body thrown into the river and heard Grozavu and Catherine O’Connor laughing afterwards. Grozavu’s trial was expected to last two weeks.