Marta Herda went on trial accused of murder

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Marta Herda went on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 5 July 2016, having pleaded not guilty. The prosecution alleges she deliberately drove a car into the harbour at South Quay, Arklow, where Csaba Orsas drowned.

The State told the jury that Herda could swim and knew Orsas could not. Evidence included accounts from a security guard and gardaí, while the trial continued.