Paul Crosby and Gerard Cruise to face murder trial

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Paul Crosby and Gerard Cruise are to stand trial for the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods at the Special Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 11 June 2021.

On 11 June 2021, Mr Justice Tony Hunt granted the Director of Public Prosecutions’ application for the men to be tried at the non-jury court. No trial date had been set when the report was published.

Both men are charged with murdering Keane Mulready-Woods at a house in Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, on an unknown date between 12 and 13 January 2020. Neither was required to appear at the hearing, but both were required to attend court on 18 June 2021.