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'A kind and loving person': Patricia O'Connor's family react to sentencing
Summary
The family of Patricia O'Connor, described as a kind and loving grandmother, gathered outside the Criminal Courts of Justice on 26 June 2020 to react to the sentencing of those involved in her murder and its cover‑up. Her son Richard O'Connor thanked the Gardaí, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the jury, the defence and all who secured guilty verdicts. He also thanked those who found his mother's remains in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains and reported them. Richard said his mother had many years left to live, cruelly taken from her, and that the sentences given were not enough, but no length of time could fully compensate for the crimes. He asked for privacy as the family seeks to heal. His father Augustine 'Gus' O'Connor (76), sister Louise O'Connor (41) and niece Stephanie O'Connor (22) were each jailed for their part in the cover‑up.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'A kind and loving person': Patricia O'Connor's family react to sentencing. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- 2020-06-26 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Outcome: Gus' O'Connor (76), his sister Louise O'Connor (41) and niece Stephanie O'Connor (22) were each jailed today for their part in covering up his mother's murder. Louise's former partner Kieran Greene (35) was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week for her murder while Keith Johnston, who is father to two of Louise's five children including Stephanie O'Connor, was jailed for buying tools that were used to dismember the body as part of the bid to cover up what had happened.
Background Person
Outcome: Kieran Greene (35) was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week for her murder while Keith Johnston, who is father to two of Louise's five children including Stephanie O'Connor, was jailed for buying tools that were used to dismember the body as part of the bid to cover up what had happened.
Convicted Person
Outcome: Louise O'Connor (41) and niece Stephanie O'Connor (22) were each jailed today for their part in covering up his mother's murder. Louise's former partner Kieran Greene (35) was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week for her murder while Keith Johnston, who is father to two of Louise's five children including Stephanie O'Connor, was jailed for buying tools that were used to dismember the body as part of the bid to cover up what had happened.
Defendant
Outcome: Richard O'Connor's father Augustine 'Gus' O'Connor (76), his sister Louise O'Connor (41) and niece Stephanie O'Connor (22) were each jailed today for their part in covering up his mother's murder. Louise's former partner Kieran Greene (35) was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week for her murder while Keith Johnston, who is father to two of Louise's five children including Stephanie O'Connor, was jailed for buying tools that were used to dismember the body as part of the bid to cover up what had happened.
Convicted Person
Outcome: Stephanie O'Connor (22) were each jailed today for their part in covering up his mother's murder. Louise's former partner Kieran Greene (35) was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week for her murder while Keith Johnston, who is father to two of Louise's five children including Stephanie O'Connor, was jailed for buying tools that were used to dismember the body as part of the bid to cover up what had happened.
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