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Witness tells trial she wanted to find missing DJ "as much as anybody else"

Summary

During the fourth day of her testimony at the Central Criminal Court, Mary Lowry, aged 52, explained that she felt accused of involvement in the disappearance of her boyfriend, Bobby Ryan, a DJ known as Mr Moonlight. Lowry said she had complained in June 2012 to the Gardaí about missing‑person posters placed around her home, which she found intimidating and upsetting to her children. She insisted she wanted to find Ryan "as much as anybody else" and had put up posters elsewhere. Lowry confirmed spending a night in a Killiney hotel with the accused after Ryan's disappearance, but could not recall staying at the Cliff Hotel in Waterford in September 2011, despite a bank receipt. She denied any intimacy with Patrick Quirke after Ryan's disappearance and said she had called him from Austria in 2012 to avoid his anger. The trial, with Patrick Quirke, 50, remains ongoing before Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of twelve. Mary Lowry pleaded not guilty. Patrick Quirke pleaded not guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Witness tells trial she wanted to find missing DJ "as much as anybody else". Charges or matters: the murder of 52-year-old Bobby Ryan – a DJ known as Mr Moonlight – on a date between June 3, 2011 and April 2013. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• June 3, 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
• June 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
• June 2012 Other
• September 2011 Incident
• September 8, 2011 Other
• 2019-02-01 Publication

Why: Counsel further suggested that the witness was saying she couldn't remember staying at the Cliff House because she does not want to accept that she got back with Mr Quirke and was intimate with him following Mr Ryan's death. CNI source report

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