On Monday, a second inquest was opened and adjourned at Dublin Coroner’s Court. The inquiry is expected to take several months.
And while O’Donoghue yesterday remained silent on the tragic case, insisting it is a ‘private matter’, Donatas Simanaitis spoke frankly of his battle for justice and his belief that his brother was murdered.
Speaking in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius this week, Mr Simanaitis, a 41-year-old sports promoter, accused the Irish police of failing to investigate Marius’s death. ‘The police have done nothing,’ he told the Daily Mail.
‘The coroner has not carried out an investigation. He just said “your brother committed suicide”.