HUNDREDS of people have attended the funeral of murdered Co Armagh woman Laura Marshall.
The 31-year-old’s body was found in her Lurgan flat last Sunday.
Mourners gathered at St Peter’s Church in the town on Sunday for her Requiem Mass.
Ms Marshall is a niece of Sam Marshall who was shot dead by loyalists in the town in 1990.
Prominent republican Colin Duffy, who was with Mr Marshall when he was killed, was among those at her funeral.
Ms Marshall’s boyfriend Gary O’Dowd (36) has been charged with her murder.
A nephew of Sinn Féin education minister John O’Dowd, he denies any involvement.
Last week a court heard the victim was found in the bath of her Victoria Street flat and had sustained a deep cut to her wrist.
A detective said there had been repeated allegations of domestic abuse made against O'Dowd but that each time, his girlfriend retracted her statement.
The last incident occurred on March 23 when Ms Marshall had phoned 999 claiming she had been head-butted by O’Dowd and choked until she almost passed out
He allegedly told her: “I will kill you. I will ruin you. I will stab you in the temple.”
On the day of her death, Ms Marshall had exchanged more than 40 texts with O’Dowd, from Knocknagore Road in Gilford.
However, the court heard that CCTV showed no sign of him at the flats complex and he denied any involvement in her death over the course of 25 police interviews.
