Graham Dwyer’s murder trial has heard that two heavy metal chains were found during a search of Elaine O’Hara’s flat in August 2012.
The jury also heard that before her body was found a year later, her family was beginning to accept she may have died by suicide.
On August 24th 2012, the now retired Detective Garda Ultan Sherlock carried out a quick search of Elaine O’Hara’s flat.
She’d been reported missing earlier that day.
Inside, he found two large metal chains in a bedside locker, while a black PVC body suit and rope were found in her living room.
The prosecution has accused Graham Dwyer of murdering her in the Dublin Mountains two days beforehand to satisfy his own sexual desires.
Earlier today, Garda John Paul Durkan, the family liaison officer assigned to the O’Hara’s, told the court there was a time before Elaine’s body was found when her family became accepting that she probably took her own life.
Dwyer, a 42-year-old architect who lived in Foxrock with his wife and two children, denies her murder.
