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'A betrayal': husband gets 18 months for reporting murdered wife as missing
Summary
Augustine 'Gus' O'Connor, 76, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for pleading guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his wife's murderer. He had reported his wife, Patricia O'Connor, as missing after learning she had been killed by Kieran Greene, 35, in their home. Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court described his conduct as "appalling" and noted that O'Connor had expressed remorse and had no prior convictions. The judge reduced the headline sentence of three years to 18 months.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'A betrayal': husband gets 18 months for reporting murdered wife as missing. Charges or matters: the impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his wife's murderer just before his trial was due to begin. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- May 29, 2017 Other
- 2020-06-26 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: the impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his wife's murderer just before his trial was due to begin (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: Kieran Greene, (35) was sentenced to life earlier this week for murdering the retired grandmother in the bathroom of her Rathfarnham home on May 29, 2017.
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