{"id":517823,"date":"2026-06-25T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517823\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:02:08","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-of-masumeh-manojan-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517823\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder of Masumeh Manojan found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man charged with the murder of a woman in Co Galway last month has been found dead in his cell in Castlerea Prison.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the body of Ali Sohrabi was discovered this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Foul play is not suspected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/courts\/2026\/0530\/1576065-masuma-sohrabi-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The 35-year-old had been remanded in custody, after being charged with the murder of Masumeh Manojan in Clifden at the end of May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed say a post mortem examination will be carried out, and that the result of this will determine the course of their investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Sohrabi was arrested after the murder of Ms Manojan, who was known locally as Ati Jafari.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was discovered near an IPAS accommodation centre on the outskirts of Clifden last month.<\/p>\n<p>She had sustained extensive slash and stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was treated for injuries to his neck before he was formally questioned, and subsequently charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" Masuma Sohrabi looking to camera on a blue background\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/00247151-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe body of Masumeh Manojan was found on the outskirts of Clifden<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Irish Prison Service confirmed the death of a person in custody at Castlerea Prison, on 25 June.<\/p>\n<p>It says all deaths in custody are investigated by the Irish Prison Service, the Inspector of Prisons and An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, where circumstances warrant.<\/p>\n<p>The local coroner has been notified, and a file will also be prepared for an inquest, which will take place in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man charged with the murder of a woman in Co Galway last month has been found dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-517823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}