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Teenager Accused Of Murdering Woman In Tullamore Remanded In Detention

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Th judge advised anyone with a video of the incident to delete it

A teenager accused of the murder of a woman in Offaly has been remanded in detention for another two weeks.

Lorna Woodnutt was killed at a location in the county last Friday.

The accused appeared before Tullamore District Court via videolink from Oberstown Detention Centre.

Gardaí applied for consent for change to the charge sheet in the spelling of a surname which was granted by Judge Andrew Cody.

The Judge then remanded the teenager in detention at Oberstown to appear again via video link on October 18th.

The court also heard that reporting restrictions applied in the case, while the Judge advised anyone connected to sharing a video connected to the incident may face three years in prison or a fine of 12 thousand euro.

He advised anyone with the video to delete it.

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