Christopher Moran pleads guilty to being getaway driver in murder

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Christopher Moran pleaded guilty to being the getaway driver in Wayne Whelan’s murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 21 October 2021. The killing took place in Lucan, Co Dublin, on 18 November 2019.

The Director of Public Prosecutions accepted Moran’s plea to an offence relating to impeding an offender’s apprehension. The jury was discharged after the State indicated it would accept pleas to lesser charges.

A sentencing hearing was scheduled for 11 November, when the judge was to hear evidence about the offences and statements from Whelan’s family.