A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Inquest of man found in car boot adjourned until after court case
An inquest into the death of a man whose body was found in the boot of his car has been adjourned pending the completion of a court case, writes Georgina O'Halloran.
The body of Martin Sejna (30), St Finian’s Terrace, Navan, Co Meath, was found on Island Street, Dublin, on April 27th, 2009. The Czech national, who worked with First Active bank in Naas, died of pneumonia due to alcohol and heroin intoxication, a postmortem found. Insp Tony Mulligan, of Store Street Garda station, told a “for mention” hearing of an inquest at Dublin City Coroner’s Court there was a court case “emanating” from the investigation, not in relation to the death, but to drugs. Coroner Dr Brian Farrell adjourned the inquest for further mention to a date in June.
Prince's lawyers sue him for $700,000
Musician Prince is being sued by the lawyers who represented him during his case against promoters MCD over the cancellation of a concert at Croke Park nearly three years ago. Prince’s former lawyers say he owes them more than $700,000.
Patterson Belknap Webb Tyler said in documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday that Prince paid only $125,000 for its legal services during his divorce and three other court cases in Dublin, California and New York.
Aircraft skids off runway in Norway
An aircraft identical to the one which crashed while trying to land in fog at Cork airport last month, killing six people, has been involved in an incident in Norway where it skidded off the runway while landing in low visibility, writes Pat Flynn.
A Swearingen SA-227 Metroliner III, operated by North Flying AS, skidded off the runway at Gardermoen airport northeast of Oslo yesterday morning. No one was injured.
Some 181 people have died in 30 fatal incidents involving this make of aircraft since it first entered service in 1969.
Passion for Beatles reaps reward
A Co Mayo man’s teenage passion for The Beatles paid off yesterday when his autograph album containing the signatures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono sold at Sheppard’s auction house in Durrow, Co Laois for €1,300.
Charles Mulchrone (61), of Newport, had asked the couple for their autographs when they stayed at the Great Southern Hotel in Mulrany in June 1968.
An Irishman living in Berlin, Andrew McCormack (42), a graphic designer, bought the album.
