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Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder
Summary
Paul Crosby (27), from Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, Co Louth, pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court on December 5th to facilitating the murder of seventeen-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods. Crosby had been scheduled for trial on a murder charge but was instead arraigned on the lesser charge. The teenager was last seen alive in Drogheda on January 12th, 2020. His remains were subsequently discovered across multiple locations in Dublin between January and March 2020, with his torso found in an overgrown ravine at Rathmullan Park. Crosby's plea related to participating in activities of a criminal organisation with intent to facilitate the serious offence, contrary to the Criminal Justice Act 2006. Sentencing is scheduled for January 23rd, 2023. A co-accused, Gerard Cruise (47), remains charged with murder and indicated he would enter a similar plea at an adjournment on January 13th.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder. Charges or matters: the lesser charge of facilitating the 17-year-old's murder. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial
When:
- January 12, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 11, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 11 Incident
- January 23 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 12 Adjournment
- January 13 Adjournment
- New Year Other
- 2022-12-05 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: the lesser charge of facilitating the 17-year-old's murder (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Hunt adjourned Mr Cruise's case to January 13 next.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Crosby. The Special Criminal Court
- Rathmullan
- Rathmullan Park
- Drogheda
- Louth
- Dublin
- Rathmullan Park
- Rathmullen Park
- Drogheda
- Louth
- Rathmullan
- Rathmullan Park
Topics
Stage Charge Or Pretrial Violent Crime
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