Graham Dwyer (42), a south Dublin architect from Kerrymount Close in Foxrock, is charged with murdering Dublin childcare worker Ms O'Hara (36) in Co fake michael kors handbags Dublin on August 22nd, 2012. He has pleaded not guilty.
Garda James Codd, the first exhibits officer in the case, told the court on September 17th, 2013, he went to Vartry Reservoir and took possession of a number of items from two garda there.
He was also given a Nokia phone, cuffs, a white sex toy, a black sex toy, tape, a leather collar, some replica michael kors handbags wet clothing, a bag with the barrel of a gun in it and a large camera lens.
He also said he took part in a search of Ms O'Hara's apartment in Belarmine on August 28th, 2012, and recovered items including a hairbrush, chains, padlocks, pillow cases, a duvet cover, a fitted bed sheet, a disposable razor, a toothbrush head, a PVC dress, an empty tube of lubricant, prescription medication, rope and a gas mask.
These items were located in the bedroom, bathroom and living room.
Garda Codd described the apartment as "clean".
The contents of page were read by Sinead McGrath BL, for the prosecution. They outlined a lifestyle based on books written in the 1960s and 1970s by John Norman called The Chronicles of Gor, in which women are slaves. It added the Gor books had been condemned by feminists and that women chose Gor because they wished to be submissive, or they had a history of sexual abuse and manipulation.
Under cross examination, Remy Farrell SC described the books as "sci fi novels" about "life on planet Gor".
"I take it you're not an expert on Gorean lifestyle?"
"I'm not," Garda Codd responded.
Also giving evidence on Tuesday, Magali Vergnet outlined how she discovered the remains of Ms O'Hara in a wooded area on Killakee Mountain.
Originally from France but living in Ireland for 13 years, Ms Vergnet, a professional dog trainer and walker, said she would walk in the area five days cheap michael kors handbags a week.
She said the land, owned replica michael kors handbags by farmer Frank Doyle, is gated, and she had a key to gain vehicular access. Inside there was an area to park. She said she would let the dogs run loose and they would run into the woods.
Her dog Millie, a cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a King Charles, had found bones in the past, including those of a deer. She said she placed the bones on top of a pile of stone blocks, out of the dog's reach.
On August 23rd, 2013, the dog found another bone. It was about six inches long and Ms Vergnet again said she placed it on top of the blocks.
On September 13th, Ms Vergnet said she had finished walking the dogs and was waiting to load them back into the car when she noticed Millie was missing.
"I could hear her tag," Ms Vergnet said, as well as a "scratching noise".
She went into the wood behind the blocks to search for the dog. Conditions were "quite muddy" she said. She followed a track some distance and saw bones. There was also a "white greasy material" on the grass.
She could still hear the dog and moved again to search for it, manoeuvring through branches and trees to do this. Then she saw clothing, a blue tracksuit bottom with a shoe.
When she found the dog, it had two big bones. She was concerned the bones might be human remains and put the dogs in the car. She contacted the landowner Mr Doyle, and he returned to the area with her, along with another friend.
Jaw bone
When they searched they found a mandible lower jaw bone and realised they were human remains. The group replica michael kors handbags was not initially able to get a phone signal, but went back to Mr Doyle's home and contacted garda from there.
