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| Tourist faces beach murder trial | Tourist faces beach murder trial |
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| A Northern Ireland man is on trial in the Canary Islands charged with the murder of a prostitute in 2005. | A Northern Ireland man is on trial in the Canary Islands charged with the murder of a prostitute in 2005. |
| Vincent Traynor, 20, is accused of killing 23-year-old Stella Omeregie whose body was found on Cochino beach, Gran Canaria, on 11 July. | |
| Mr Traynor, from Loughguile, County Antrim, has been in custody since he was charged nearly two years ago. | Mr Traynor, from Loughguile, County Antrim, has been in custody since he was charged nearly two years ago. |
| The court heard Mr Traynor admitted kicking the Nigerian woman, but he denied killing her. | The court heard Mr Traynor admitted kicking the Nigerian woman, but he denied killing her. |
| Journalist Karl McLaughlin said the killing happened on the day that Mr Traynor arrived with friends for a holiday on the island. | Journalist Karl McLaughlin said the killing happened on the day that Mr Traynor arrived with friends for a holiday on the island. |
| "By his own admission, he spent the entire day drinking at his hotel and various nightspots nearby," Mr McLaughlin said. | "By his own admission, he spent the entire day drinking at his hotel and various nightspots nearby," Mr McLaughlin said. |
| "It was when he was leaving one of those nightspots in the early hours of the morning that he was approached by a 23-year-old black woman. | "It was when he was leaving one of those nightspots in the early hours of the morning that he was approached by a 23-year-old black woman. |
| "He and the lady went to his hotel to collect some money. Then they found a secluded spot on the Los Coccinos beach nearby. | "He and the lady went to his hotel to collect some money. Then they found a secluded spot on the Los Coccinos beach nearby. |
| "It was in court yesterday that it emerged for the first time that an argument had broken out over the fee payable. | "It was in court yesterday that it emerged for the first time that an argument had broken out over the fee payable. |
| "The Nigerian woman apparently raised the fee. Mr Traynor refused. A fight ensured. He said he did strike her several times but he did not kill her." | "The Nigerian woman apparently raised the fee. Mr Traynor refused. A fight ensured. He said he did strike her several times but he did not kill her." |