Man charged in connection with murder of Marioara Rostas

The body of 18-year-old Marioara Rostas was discovered in the Wicklow Mountains in January.

Updated 19.15

A MAN IN his early 30s has been charged in relation to the murder of Marioara Rostas.

The man was arrested in Dublin earlier today and is due to appear before a special sitting of the Bridewell court at 8pm tonight.

He had been detained at Pearse Street Garda Station following his arrest.

The body of 18-year-old Marioara Rostas was discovered in the Wicklow Mountains in January, four years after she was last seen in Dublin city centre.

Gardaí said the teenager, who had been living in Dublin for just three weeks when she went missing, had suffered an “appalling death”.

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