James Dunleavy 'battered Phyllis Dunleavy to death before burying her' A man is accused of battering his mother to death before burying her dismembered body on an Edinburgh hill. The remains of Philomena Dunleavy, 66, of Marino, Dublin, were unearthed on Corstorphine Hill in May. Her son, James Dunleavy, also known as Seamus, has been charged with murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to cover up her death. Dunleavy, who had been living in Edinburgh's Balgreen Road, is now being held in The State Hospital, Carstairs. He made a brief appearance at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday before Judge Lord Uist to plead not guilty to the charges against him. A trial, which is expected to last 20 days is due to start in early January. The murder charge alleges that between April 30 and May 7 Dunleavy attacked his mother at his home, inflicting "blunt force trauma injuries" as well as compressing her throat and severing her legs with a blade and a saw. A second charge accuses Dunleavy of pretending to neighbours that his mother had been unwell and had returned to the Republic of Ireland. The charge goes on to allege that Dunleavy dismembered his mother's corpse and put the body parts in a suitcase which he then took to a secluded clearing on Corstorphine Hill and buried them. Dunleavy, it is claimed, also cleaned blood stains from his flat, burned furniture and disposed of his mother's mobile phone.