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MURDER TRIAL: Neighbour describes O’Connor family ‘as very nice people’

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2020 0

The O’Connor  family have been described as “very nice people and good neighbours” by the man who lived next door to them. Sam Lin told the Central Criminal Court that he did not see anything unusual on the night Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor was allegedly murdered and that the family had never mentioned the CCTV […]

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MURDER TRIAL: Accused claims father-in-law hit Kilkenny grandmother on head with a crowbar

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering his partner’s mother, who was originally from windgap in county Kilkenny, told gardaí his father-in-law hit her on the head with a crowbar, a court head today. Kieran Greene told gardaí he agreed to take the blame for the murder and dismemberment of 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor. But six months […]

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Accused claimed Patricia O’Connor wanted everyone dead, Garda tells murder trial

By Kilkenny Now 22nd January 2020 0

The man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman Patricia O’Connor told Gardai he “let her die because my kids would be safe”, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard. Kieran Greene also told Gardai that Ms O’Connor was not moving after he hit her on the head with a hurley. He further described that living with […]

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Man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman ‘couldn’t live’ with the crime, court hears

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2020 Post a comment

A man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow Mountains handed himself into gardai as he “couldn’t live with” what he had done, a court heard today. Kieran Greene (34) of Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham, South Dublin denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor (nee Cooke), who was originally from […]