Augustine ‘Gus’ O’Connor pleads guilty to impeding prosecution

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Augustine ‘Gus’ O’Connor pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of an offender at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 11 February 2020. The offence involved reporting his wife Patricia O’Connor missing at Rathfarnham Garda station on 1 June 2017, knowing she was already dead.

The court heard that Mr O’Connor had been charged in October 2018 and was originally part of the trial before pleading guilty when it was listed for hearing.