Glen Bride jailed for role in disposal of Keane Mulready-Woods’s remains

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Glen Bride was sentenced to six years in prison by the Special Criminal Court for helping dispose of the remains of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, intending to impede the apprehension or prosecution of his murderer. Ms Justice Karen O’Connor imposed the sentence on 16 February 2026.

Bride, formerly of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrick, Dublin 5, pleaded guilty to participating in or contributing to the transportation and disposal of the teenager’s body parts on 15 January 2020, knowing or believing another person to be guilty of the murder and intending to impede that person’s apprehension or prosecution. The proceedings were reported on 24 November 2025.

On 24 November 2025, the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi, a decision not to proceed, on two other charges against Bride. They concerned contributing to the transportation and disposal of the remains to enhance a criminal organisation’s ability to commit murder, and setting fire to a Volvo V40 for the benefit of a criminal organisation.

The court heard that Bride was not involved in or aware of the murder. The report said Stephen Carberry drove the Volvo from Drogheda to Dublin with the remains in its boot. Carberry later showed Bride where the car was parked; after midnight, the two took a taxi there and Bride drove it to a secluded area and set it on fire. Bride’s counsel, Michael Hourigan SC, said Bride had acted under the instructions of Robbie Lawlor, whom he described as a highly volatile and dangerous individual.

Ms Justice O’Connor said Bride had played a lesser role than Carberry in disposing of the body parts. She set a nine-year headline sentence and reduced it to six years after considering Bride’s guilty plea and expressions of remorse. The sentence began on 16 February 2026.