# Murder
Last week
19th March 2023 - 25th March 2023
# Alesia Nazarova
Man charged with murder of woman found dead after house fire in Armagh
The PSNI confirmed that a 25-year-old man has been charged with murder.
# Baby John
Kerry Babies: How DNA tests and computer mapping led to two arrests in a decades-old murder case
The case of Baby John has gone unsolved since 1984.
# Portadown
Murder investigation launched after woman dies in house fire in Co Armagh
Police received a report of a house fire in the Church Street area of Portadown at around 2.15am this morning.
# Patrick Quirke
Supreme Court rules seizure of computer from home of convicted murderer Quirke was 'unlawful'
The judgment of the seven member Supreme Court was delivered this morning.
This month
March 2023
# Kristin smart
Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder of California student who went missing in 1996
Paul Flores was convicted of the murder last year.
# Cartel
Mexico arrests five cartel members following the kidnapping and killing of Americans
A cartel decided to hand the perpetrators over to authorities because they acted without the authorization of their bosses.
# Cavan
Gardaí no longer suspect foul play in death of man found in Cavan apartment
The dead man has been named locally as Dennis Neary who had recently moved into the area.
# Natalie McNally
Man accused of Natalie McNally's murder left ‘hidden messages’ in staged livestream, court told
Stephen McCullagh, the father of Natalie McNally’s unborn child, was refused bail at Belfast High Court today.
# South Carolina
Disgraced US lawyer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life without parole for killing wife and son
Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of killing his 22-year-old son, Paul, with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, with a rifle on 7 June 2021.
Last month
February 2023
# Florida
Pregnant US inmate seeks release because unborn baby is innocent
Natalia Harrell faces a murder charge after fatally shooting another woman while taking an Uber.
# bishop david o'connell
Murder investigation underway into shooting of Irish bishop in Los Angeles
The shooting of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was from Glanmire in Cork, is being investigated as a murder, police said.
# Warrington
Vigils held for Brianna Ghey across UK one week after her murder
Hundreds of mourners gathered in the town where she was killed as well as London’s Soho Square this afternoon to pay their respects.
# Wexford
Gardaí renew appeal on 25th anniversary of disappearance and murder of Fiona Sinnott
Fiona was last seen after leaving Butler’s Pub in Broadway, Co Wexford, on 8 February 1998.
# colm horkan
New jury to be sworn in at Stephen Silver murder trial after initial jury was discharged
A note was handed to the judge this morning to say that one of the jurors had a difficulty serving.
January
January 2023
# Courts
Second man admits facilitating gang in murder of Thomas McCarthy
Charles McClean (32), of St Mark’s Drive, Clondalkin was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this morning.
# Donegal
Trial date set for man accused of murdering mother in house fire
Guenter Lohse will go on trial on 8 April 2024 at the Central Criminal Court.
# Arrest
Man arrested over murder of Paul 'Frank' Byrne whose skeletal remains were found in 2010
Byrne (20) was last seen on 15 July 2009 at Kilmartin Green, Tallaght in Dublin.
# Northumberland
Boy, 16, charged with murder over fatal stabbing of teenage girl in UK
Holly Newton, 15, was found injured in Hexham on Friday afternoon and later died in hospital.
# Courts
Man pleads guilty to murder of vulnerable pensioner in his home on Dublin's Cork Street
A 76 year old man’s body was found in his living room in Dublin, mutilated and covered in blood next to an axe.
# Shane Whitla
Man arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to fatal shooting in Lurgan
Father-of-four Shane Whitla was shot multiple times, including once in the back.
# Natalie McNally
Man (46) arrested in Belfast over murder of Natalie McNally
McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant, was stabbed in her home in Co Armagh on 18 December.
Voices
Opinion: A year on from the loss of Ashling Murphy, has anything changed?
On the anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, writer Clare Egan says if we really want to end male violence, we must listen to survivors.
# Robert Fratta
Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
Robert Fratta (65) was killed by lethal injection in Huntsville.
# Murder
Suspects arrested for murder of LGBT activist in Kenya
Members of Kenya’s LGBTQ community often face harassment and physical attacks.
# Shooting
Five children among eight relatives found shot dead in Utah home
Bodies were discovered yesterday when police did a welfare check at the house.
Last year
2022
Spain decries 'dreadful' spike in murders of women
At least 46 women were killed due to gender violence this year in Spain.
# elle edwards
Pair questioned over Christmas Eve pub shooting in Liverpool
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the ‘cold-blooded’ murder, Merseyside Police said.
# Murder
Man dies after St Stephen's Day stabbing in Birmingham nightclub
Local police said hundreds of people were in attendance at the nightclub at the time and urged any witnesses to come forward.
# Liverpool
UK police believe woman killed in Christmas Eve pub shooting was not intended target
Police named the victim as Elle Edwards today.
# Gunman
Three dead after shooting at Kurdish centre in Paris
A 69-year-old has been arrested following a suspected racist attack in the French capital.
# Life Sentence
British ex-cage fighter who murdered pregnant partner and children to spend life in jail
Damien Bendall killed Terri Harris, her children Lacey Bennett and John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent.
# vincent parsons
Two men found guilty of murdering father-of-two will receive life sentences next year
The 34-year-old was beaten to death on the night of 26 August 2019
# Courts
Murder accused told Gardaí that God told him to kill his mother
Murray has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 88-year-old mother.
# Courts
Murder accused Christina Anderson had alter ego and history being bullied
A psychiatrist told the court that the accused had attempted suicide and self-harmed in the past.
# London
Sexual predator jailed for murdering Zara Aleena days after prison release
Jordan McSweeney was caught on CCTV following two other women before he targeted the 35-year-old walking home.
# Courts
Woman who killed her son and attempted to kill infant sentenced to life imprisonment
Detectives said the case “brought to light an underlying element of domestic abuse”.
# mark lovell
Two men arrested over Newry murder
The arrests follow searches of properties in Newry this morning.
# Drug Crime
Finglas shooting is latest incident in tit-for-tat feud between 'Mr Flashy' gang and rivals
The man shot last night is a close associate of the gang leader.
# Courts
Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Keane Mulready-Woods murder
Keane Mulready-Woods (17), was last seen alive in Drogheda on 12 January 2020.
# Murder Trial
Andy Cash to face trial over Tallaght triple murder
He will appear in court again on December 22.
