The trial of a man accused of murdering a Swiss teenager in Galway in 2007 has heard that his DNA was found near her body.
28-year-old Gerald Barry (right) of Rosan Glas, Rahoon in Galway denies murdering 17-year-old Manuela Riedo on 8 October 2007.
He has pleaded guilty to stealing a camera and a mobile phone on the same date.
Opening the case for the prosecution Isobel Kennedy SC told the jury that Ms Riedo's body was found on waste ground near Lough Atalia in Renmore on 9 October 2007.
She had come to Ireland the previous Saturday for a two-week visit to learn English.
A post mortem examination showed she had died from asphyxia due to neck compression.
Ms Kennedy said witnesses from the forensic science laboratory would give evidence of a used condom, which was found snagged on a bush near where the body was found.
DNA analysis of the contents of the condom matched that of the accused, the court was told.
DNA found on the outside was mixed and matched that of the accused and the deceased.
The court also heard that Mr Barry's home was searched and a camera was found in the bedroom.
A witness is also expected to tell the trial that he was sold a mobile phone by the accused.
An identification number on the phone matched that of one on an empty box given to gardaí by Ms Riedo's parents (right).
The jury was told it will hear evidence that Ms Riedo was staying with a host family in Renmore Park and that evidence would be given by Martin Tierney that on 8 October Ms Riedo returned to the house at around 5.30pm for dinner and left again between 7pm and 8pm, which is the last time she was seen alive.
Friends raised the alarm when she failed to turn up for her class the following day.
Members of the teenage girl's family have travelled to Dublin for the trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, which is expected to last over two weeks.
