A man has been charged with entering as a trespasser at the house of a Cork man who was found murdered last weekend.
Keith O'Hara, 41, of 27 Cahergal Avenue in Mayfield, Cork city appeared before Cork District Court where he was charged with entering as a trespasser at 108 Bandon Road in Cork with the intent to commit the offence of assault causing harm contrary to Section 3 of the Non Fatal Offence against the Persons Act.
It is alleged the offence occurred on September 4. There was no identification of the victim of the alleged assault.
Detective Garda Maurice O'Connor gave evidence of arrest charge and caution.
He said he arrested Mr O'Hara at Mayfield Garda Station at 7.35pm on Tuesday. The accused made no reply to the charges.
Sgt Gearoid Davis said that gardai were objecting to bail.
However, no application for bail was made on Thursday with defence solicitor Frank Buttimer telling Judge Olann Kelleher that his client was reserving his right to apply for bail at a later date.
An application for legal aid was granted after the court heard that the accused lives on disability benefit. Mr O'Hara is unemployed.
The case was adjourned until September 19 for the directions of the DPP.
Mr O'Hara will appear via video link on that date. Meanwhile, Paul Jones, 55, was found dead at his home on September 7.
The body of Mr Jones was found by his son on Saturday morning.
He went to the house at 11.30am on Saturday after becoming concerned about the welfare of his father. He had been unable to contact him by phone by for a number of days.
He raised the alarm after he found his father face down in the living room area. When the emergency services turned over the man's body they found blood.
Following a postmortem examination the case was upgraded to a murder probe.
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