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Man formally indicted over killing of Sarah McNally in New York

Marcin Pieciak did not appear in court today
Marcin Pieciak did not appear in court today

A man has been formally indicted by a Grand Jury in New York over the killing of Longford woman Sarah McNally who was stabbed to death in a bar in the city at the weekend.

The Queens District Attorney told Criminal Court Judge Julieta Lozano that a Grand Jury had issued the indictment at a hearing in Queens Criminal court this afternoon.

The indictment remains under seal until a later date.

41-year-old Sarah McNally died following the incident at the Céilí House pub in Maspeth in Queens on Saturday evening

Marcin Pieciak, 36, of 76th Street in Glendale, New York, was charged earlier this week with murder in the second degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, following his arrest by NYPD officers.

Mr Pieciak did not appear in court today.

He remains in hospital recovering from self-inflicted stab wounds.

Judge Lozano did not set a date for another hearing in this case.