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Four jailed for helping to cover-up horrific murder of Kilkenny grandmother

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

Four people have been jailed for between 18 months and three years for their roles in cover up of the murder of 61-year-old Kilkenny grandmother Patricia O’Connor. Her daughter’s partner, Kieran Greene, has already been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Mrs O’Connor’s husband Gus, her daughter Louise, her granddaughter Stephanie and

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Sentencing of five people over gruesome death of Kilkenny grandmother delayed due to Covid-19 crisis

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

Sentencing of five people over the horrific death and dismemberment of Kilkenny grandmother-of-seven Patricia O’Connor has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kieran Greene (35) bludgeoned his partner’s mother Patricia (61) with a hurley at her Dublin home in 2017 before cutting up the body and scattering the remains in the Wicklow mountains. Patricia’s […]

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BREAKING: Fourth person found guilty in relation to murder of Kilkenny granny

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2020 0

A 43-old-man has become the third person convicted for assisting the murder of a Kilkenny grandmother whose body was dismembered and spread around the Wicklow Mountains. Keith Johnston has today been found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Kieran Greene who earlier this week was found guilty of killing Patricia O’Connor, a 62-year-old […]

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BREAKING: Daughter found guilty of assisting in murder of Kilkenny granny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2020 0

The daughter of a murdered Kilkenny grandmother whose body was dismembered and spread around the Wicklow Mountains has been found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of the murderer. Louise O’Connor (41) of Millmount Court, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, is the third person found guilty in relation to the murder of Patricia O’Connor (nee […]

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Patricia O’Connor’s daughter denies her version of events were a ‘web of lies’

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2020 0

The daughter of Patricia O’Connor told Gardai that her own daughter Stephanie did not dress up as her mother to conceal the grandmother’s death. Louise O’Connor also denied that her version of what happened on the night Mrs O’Connor died was a “web of lies”, the Central Criminal Court heard today. Kieran Greene (34) denies […]

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‘I threw the pieces all over the place’ – Garda claims man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor said he cut her up

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2020 0

The man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor said he had cut her up and threw the pieces “all over the place up there” in the Wicklow Mountains, a Garda has told the Central Criminal Court. The jury also heard that Kieran Greene (34), who denies murdering Patricia O’Connor on May 29 2017,  said to […]

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Detective tells trial murdered Kilkenny woman suffered a ‘violent death’

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

The trial of a man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow mountain has heard “the deceased suffered a violent death”. Kieran Greene (34) of 34 Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor  (nee Cooke) originally from Windgap, county Kilkenny on 29 May, 2017. The Central […]

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Family describe finding chopped up remains of Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor while having picnic

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

The trial in the murder of Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor  has heard how a family out for a picnic  found part of her dismembered remains in the Wicklow Mountains. A sister and brother who were having a picnic with their family in the Dublin mountains have described finding part of the body of 61-year-old Patricia […]

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Four stand trial over murder of Kilkenny woman whose remains were found scattered across Wicklow Mountains

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Four people are to stand trial today facing various charges relating to the murder of a Kilkenny woman whose remains were discovered scattered around the Wicklow Mountains. Patricia O’Connor (nee Cooke), originally from Windgap was murdered at her home in Rathfarnham on May 29, 2017. The deceased’s daughter Louise O’Connor (41), of Millmount Court, Dundrum […]

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Accused denies cutting up 61-year-old grandmother and scattering remains in mountains

By Kilkenny Now 14th January 2020 0

A 34-year-old man has denied murdering and cutting up the remains  of a grandmother before scattering her body throughout the Wicklow Mountains. Kieran Greene (34) of Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 denies killing Patricia O’Connor at the same address on May 29, 2017. The dead woman’s granddaughter also denied  dressing up as her grandmother after […]