BREAKING: Gardai issue update on two men arrested over fatal assault on Limerick mum Scarlett Faulkner
The 29-year-old mum-of-one passed away in Cork University Hospital three weeks after the assault in Birdhill
THE TWO men arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with the fatal assault of Limerick mum-of-one Scarlett Faulkner have been released without charge.
The two men, aged in their late 40s and late teens, were detained and questioned at garda stations in County Tipperary under the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
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A garda spokesperson said, in an update this Thursday morning, that they continue to investigate a fatal assault which occurred on the R494 at Birdhill, County Tipperary on Saturday, March 21 shortly before 5.30pm.
“The two males who were arrested have since been released without charge in connection with this investigation,” said the garda spokesperson.
Files will be prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, say gardai.
“Investigations are ongoing,” said a garda spokesperson.