Ruth Lawrence sentenced to two life terms for murder

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Ruth Lawrence received two life sentences for murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor at the Central Criminal Court on 8 December 2025.

A jury found Lawrence and Neville van der Westhuizen acted together in the murders. The men’s bodies were found on Inchicup Island on Lough Sheelin in 2014.

The concurrent life sentences were backdated to 4 October 2022, when Lawrence entered custody.