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Central Criminal Court2025-12-08

'Ruth of all evil': double murderer Lawrence gets two life terms

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A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Ruth Lawrence of murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O'Connor between April and May 2014. Justice Tony Hunt handed down two concurrent life sentences on Monday, backdated to October 2022....

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Central Criminal Court2025-11-12

Ruth Lawrence guilty of 2014 double murder

Eleven years on from when the bodies of two missing Dublin men were found bound and buried in a shallow grave on a lake island in the midlands, the only person to face trial over their deaths – Ruth Lawrence – has been found guilty of...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Central Criminal Court2025-11-06

Jury deliberating in woman's double murder trial

(Pictured: Accused Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend to murder him and another man, has begun its...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report