Robert Corbet admits killing, denies murder in Laois

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Robert Corbet admitted killing and denied murdering Aoife Phelan at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 14 May 2014. Her body was found in a barrel buried under rubble at a home in Co Laois. The court heard that Ms Phelan had been reported missing and that Corbet had admitted killing her between 25 October and 7 November 2012 while denying murder. The murder trial was continuing, with the jury hearing evidence about the discovery and the reported cause of death.