A 28-year-old librarian who was found dead in a flat in Cork city centre last New Year's Day died of asphyxia due to manual strangulation, an inquest has heard.
Bruna Fonseca was a native of Formiga, Minas Gerais in Brazil. She graduated from the Centro Universitario de Formiga in 2018 and moved to Cork in September 2022.
She was working as a contract cleaner in Mercy University Hospital at the time of her death. Her aim was to further improve her English.
State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster gave the cause of death in the case having performed a post-mortem on Bruna Fonseca at Cork University Hospital.
Sgt Fergus Twomey told Cork Coroner’s Court that a man has been charged with the murder of Ms Fonseca.
He is due to go on trial at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court next year.
Coroner Philip Comyn adjourned the case until the conclusion of criminal proceedings.
