The mother of a 17-year-old who was murdered and chopped up by a criminal gang has said she wishes she could see her son one last time and hear him say, "I love you mam".
In a statement read out at a sentence hearing for two men who facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, Elizabeth Woods said she prays for justice for her son's "inhumane, violent and barbaric death". She described her son's death as, "one of the most brutal, tragic and horrifying murders in the history of Ireland", and said she hopes no other family will go through what her family has gone through.
Det Inspector Aidan McCabe also told John Byrne SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions that the chief suspect for the murder is Robert Lawlor, a "notorious" criminal who was linked to several murders. Lawlor was shot dead in Belfast in April 2020.
