Mother of murdered Canal man may aid Garda hunt
The mother of a Somalian national, whose headless corpse was discovered in Dublin’s Royal Canal, may travel to Ireland to aid the garda investigation into her son’s death, it emerged today.
Inspector Christopher Mangan told the Dublin City Coroner’s Court the dismembered remains of Farah Swaleh Noor, aged 38, from Kismayo in Somalia, were identified by DNA tests.
However, Insp. Mangan of Dublin’s Fitzgibbon Street Station said there were still some further identification matters to be established.
Gardaí have been in contact with the 38-year-old’s mother, Someoa, who lives in Mogadishu in Africa.
“We are making arrangements to have her come over,” Insp. Mangan told the court. The inspector said gardaí were looking to bring the mother over in a bid to help with identification issues and update her on the investigation into the death.
Mr Swaleh Noor’s remains were discovered on March 30 last in refuse bags dumped in the Royal canal by a man walking along the Ballybough Road.
The man’s torso, arms and legs were found but despite extensive searches of the canal his head is still missing.
It is believed the man had been dead for more than a week before the extremely decomposed remains were discovered wrapped in black plastic.
The Somali national who had been living in Ireland since 1996, was living in Richmond Cottages off the North Circular Road in Dublin, however, he had a number of addresses throughout the city.
Four Irish people – three women and a man – were arrested earlier this month as part of the investigation but released without charge.
Insp. Mangan applied for an adjournment of the inquest under Section 25 (1) of the Coroner’s Act until December as the investigation into the death is still ongoing.
He said: “We would hope to have identification matters clarified for the next date.”
The city coroner, Dr Brian Farrell, said: “I think we ought to establish the identification beyond all reasonable doubt before we register the death.”
