Crerar: I didn't talk with Phyl.(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: October 10, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: SEAN O'HARA

THE man accused of murdering Phyllis Murphy 22 years ago told gardai he could not remember even talking to her, a court heard yesterday.

The naked body of the 23-year-old Kildare woman whose real name was Philomena was found near the Wicklow Gap in January 1980.

Former army sergeant John Crerar, 54, from Woodside Park, Kildare, denied the murder when he appeared at the Central Criminal ...

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