Dean Lyons had Grangegorman murder allegations withdrawn

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Dean Lyons had allegations that he murdered Sylvia Sheils and Mary Callinan withdrawn, according to a Supreme Court judgment in the case of Mark Nash.

The judgment records that Lyons was charged with Mary Callinan’s murder on 27 July 1997, with a further charge relating to Sylvia Sheils later recommended.

A review in January 1998 led to the withdrawal of the murder allegation against Lyons. He died in England on 12 September 2000. The proceedings were reported on 29 January 2015.