Stephen Mooney jailed for life for murdering Anna Mooney

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Stephen Mooney was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, Anna Mooney. Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed the mandatory sentence on 21 July 2025.

Mooney stabbed his wife to death at their home in Kilbarrack, Dublin, on 15 June 2023. He originally pleaded not guilty to her murder, but pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court on 3 March 2025.

His change of plea followed the discovery of video and audio footage of the murder on his phone. Gardaí accessed the device after an update to phone analysis software allowed it to be unlocked without a password.