Christopher Judge sentenced to life for Stephen Ring’s murder

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Christopher Judge, 42, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering 27-year-old Stephen Ring. Judge had pleaded guilty earlier in March to killing Ring at his Pairc na Dara address in Clonard, Co Wexford, on 15 October 2024.

The Central Criminal Court heard that Ring’s body was found in Carrigfoyle Quarry on 27 October 2024, after he had been missing for ten days. The court was told that Judge had stolen Ring’s new phone and offered it for sale while the search was under way.