Man accused of murdering his mother and producing an axe during alleged attack is sent forward to stand trial
A Croatian man has been sent forward to stand trial accused of producing an axe during the course of murdering his mother in her midlands home five months ago.
Thirty-two-year-old Nebojsa Pap, of Beechville in Athlone, Westmeath, was brought before a sitting of Athlone District Court this afternoon where he was served with a book of evidence in connection to the murder of Mirjana Pap at the same address as her son on December 28 last year.
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