Man charged with murder of Offaly vet remanded in custody

The man charged with the murder of Offaly vet Catherine Gowing, has been remanded in custody until a case management hearing …

The man charged with the murder of Offaly vet Catherine Gowing, has been remanded in custody until a case management hearing takes place in early January.

Clive Sharpe (46), from Bethesda, Gwynedd, appeared by video-link at Caernarfon Crown Court yesterday morning from a remand centre in Liverpool.

During the 10-minute hearing, Mr Sharpe, who wore a yellow and green prison uniform,

spoke only to confirm his name and to confirm that he had understood what had been said in court.

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He was watched by Ms Gowing’s sister, Emma Maguire, who has said that she will remain in north Wales until her sister is found – though police reported that no progress had been made in ongoing searches yesterday.

The missing 37-year-old woman, who had worked in a veterinary practice in Mold for more than a year, was last

seen before 9pm of October 12th, when CCTV cameras recorded her leaving a supermarket in Queensferry.

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Mark Hennessy

Mark Hennessy

Mark Hennessy is Ireland and Britain Editor with The Irish Times