Keane Mulready-Woods murder trial adjourned to January

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The trial of two men accused of murdering Keane Mulready-Woods was adjourned at the Special Criminal Court on 25 April 2022. Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt fixed 23 January 2023 as a provisional trial date.

Paul Crosby, of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, and Gerard Cruise, with addresses in Dublin 1 and Rathmullan Park, are charged with murdering the teenager at a house in Rathmullan Park on 12 or 13 January 2020.

The trial had been scheduled to begin on 25 April 2022. On 7 April, John Byrne SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, told the court that further considerable disclosure would have to be made before the trial could proceed. Lawyers for both men did not object to the adjournment.