Kieran Greene denies murder charge in Rathfarnham trial

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Kieran Greene denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O'Connor at her home in Rathfarnham on 29 May 2017. The proceedings were reported on 20 January 2020.

The report said Patricia O'Connor's body was found in 15 parts at nine locations in the Wicklow mountains in June 2017. Garda Andrew Quinn said her husband and son reported her missing on 1 June 2017.

On 12 June 2017, Greene went to a garda station and told gardaí he had killed and dismembered Mrs O'Connor. Garda Quinn took a statement from her daughter Louise O'Connor that night.

Louise O'Connor said Greene told her he was sorry he had hurt her mother and had not meant to do so. She said he told her that Patricia O'Connor had lashed out at him with a hurl, that he took it from her and that they were then on the floor. He said he did not know what had happened and had panicked.

Louise O'Connor, Keith Johnston and their daughter Stephanie O'Connor pleaded not guilty to impeding Greene's apprehension or prosecution.