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Criminal who moved teen's body parts was acting under instructions of 'highly volatile' Robbie Lawlor

Date
2026-01-26

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Drogheda

County
Louth

Summary

The Special Criminal Court has sentenced Paul Crosby to ten years in prison for facilitating the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods. The court described the killing as "disgraceful and inhuman," noting Crosby delivered the victim to Robbie Lawlor. Co-accused Gerard Cruise, who pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder, received a sentence of seven-and-a-half years, with the final six months suspended for two years. Ged McKenna was sentenced to four years for assisting an offender by attempting to clean the crime scene at his Rathmullan Park home. In a separate matter, Glen Bride, who pleaded guilty to assisting in the movement and disposal of the victim's body parts, was not sentenced today. The court heard he acted under Lawlor's instructions to drive a stolen Volvo V40 containing remains and set it on fire. Bride's sentencing is adjourned to March 9, alongside the sentencing of Stephen Carberry, who also pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension of the offender. The court accepted Bride was not involved in the murder itself. The matter regarding Bride and Carberry was adjourned and is not yet concluded.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Criminal who moved teen's body parts was acting under instructions of 'highly volatile' Robbie Lawlor. Charges or matters: charge that on a date between 13 January 2020 and 15 January 2020, both dates inclusive, within the State, knowing or believing another person to be guilty of the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods or some other arrestable offence, did without reasonable excuse, an act with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of that other person; a charge that, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods at Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, between the dates of January 11 and 13, 2020, contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; assisting in the movement and disposal of the murdered teenager's body parts, which had been stowed in the boot of a stolen Volvo V40 and left in a resi

When:

January 12, 2020 Other
January 15 Other
March 11, 2020 Other
April 2020 Other
January 13, 2020 Other
December 2019 Other
January 14 Other
March 9 Incident
13 January 2020 Incident
15 January 2020 Incident
February 2023 Incident
January 11 Incident
2026-01-26 Publication

Why: "I speak today for my son because he no longer has a voice," Ms Mulready said, asking the court to consider the "lifelong impact" this has had on her and her family and the "unimaginable cruelty" of what was done when deciding on a sentence. CNI source report

Case subjects

Ged McKenna

Defendant

Charges: charge that on a date between 13 January 2020 and 15 January 2020, both dates inclusive, within the State, knowing or believing another person to be guilty of the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods or some other arrestable offence, did without reasonable excuse, an act with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of that other person; a charge that, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods at Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, between the dates of January 11 and 13, 2020, contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: Ged McKenna was sentenced to four years in prison for the offence of assisting an offender for his role in attempting to clean up the crime scene following the murder at his home in Rathmullan Park.

Gerard Cruise

Co Accused

Plea: Guilty

Glen Bride

Defendant

Charges: assisting in the movement and disposal of the murdered teenager's body parts, which had been stowed in the boot of a stolen Volvo V40 and left in a residential area in north Dublin; charge that on a date between 13 January 2020 and 15 January 2020, both dates inclusive, within the State, knowing or believing another person to be guilty of the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods or some other arrestable offence, did without reasonable excuse, an act with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of that other person; a charge that, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods at Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, between the dates of January 11 and 13, 2020, contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Ms Justice Karen O'Connor, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Paula Murphy, will sentence Bride on March 9.

Paul Crosby

Defendant

Outcome: In February 2023, the Special Criminal Court jailed Drogheda criminal Paul Crosby (30), last of Rathmullan Park, for ten years for facilitating the "disgraceful and inhuman" murder of the teenager.