Four people released without charge after questioning over death of Lee Slattery in 2010

Man (24) was shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave in Moyross area of Limerick 12 years ago

Gardai tape sealing off the scene where the body of a man was discovered on the ground near an apartment complex in Dalkey, Co Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday January 12th, 2018. Gardai said the scene had been sealed off to allow for a technical examination and the State Pathologist's office has been called in. See PA story POLICE Body Ireland. Photo credit should read: Laura Hutton/PA Wire
Lee Slattery's body was discovered by his father. Photograph: Laura Hutton/PA Wire

Two men and two women arrested in connection with the killing of a man whose body was buried in a shallow grave in Limerick 12 years ago have been released without charge.

The men, one aged in his 20s and the other in his 30s, and the women, aged in their 20s and 40s, were questioned about the death of Lee Slattery (24), whose remains were discovered near the Delmege House estate at Moyross in May 2010.

Mr Slattery, of Ballynanty in Limerick city, had been shot in the head. His body was discovered by his father after the family was telephoned with information indicating where the remains lay. He had been reported missing by his family several days after he was last seen near his home.

Four people were arrested on Monday in connection with the killing.

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The woman in her 20s was released without charge on Tuesday evening. The three other people who had been detained were released on Tuesday night.

“A file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions,” a Garda spokesman said.

Brian Hutton

Brian Hutton is a freelance journalist and Irish Times contributor