A series of pure chances, from forestry workers looking for dumped rubbish to a forensic scientist on holiday in West Cork in 1981, led to the conviction of Noel Long for the murder of Nora Sheehan
The scientist who preserved key forensic evidence taken from the body of Cork woman Nora Sheehan 42 years ago happened to be on holiday at the time just kilometres from where her body was found, the Central Criminal Court has heard.