Crime World

Forty-six-year old blonde tattoo artist Ruth Lawrence has been sensationally found guilty of a gangland double murder after a five week trial in Dublin. Eamon Dillon has covered the case and was there today when the jury reached their verdict. The families of victim Eoin O’Connor and Anthony Keegan were there too to see justice for their loved ones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Elder abuse, domestic issues in homes where ex partners are co-habiting, and text message being used as weapons in relationship wars are all playing out in our family courts every day. Crime World's Chloe McPolin decided to spend a few days listening to the cases that are being brought and observed the goings on in a fast paced and vital cog of our justice system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Two men convicted of acting as getaway drivers for the Hutch organised crime group on the day Kinahan gang member David Byrne was shot dead at the Regency Hotel in Dublin have lost their appeals against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Paul Murphy and Jason Bonney - the lesser lights from the Regency trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Twenty-one-year old Niamh Kelly is lucky to be alive to tell her story today after she was stabbed over 50 times by her ex-partner in a savage and unwarranted assault. Josh O’Brien was jailed this month for 15-and-a-half years and today Niamh, who has been left with lifelong injuries, tells Crime World about the worst six minutes of her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

He has been dubbed Ireland's unluckiest criminal after being shot, stabbed, and falling off a ladder in the space of few months. Joey Morgan is now facing Christmas behind bars after pleading guilty to a burglary in Blanchardstown. Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about how Morgan narrowly escaped with his life after being shot by the Hennessy gang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Derek “Del Boy” Hutch has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving that led to a Ukrainian woman being struck in Dublin city centre three years ago. The nephew of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch now faces a lengthy sentence in prison. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The crime boss as Mr Big remains in custody after his dramatic arrest this week as part of a gangland probe. The Dublin gangster was taken into custody 24 hours after the arrest of a professional woman linked to his rival slain hitman Robbie Lawlor. Niall talks with Sunday World's Eimear Rabbitte about the arrests and the possible links to the Encrochat hack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

A child rapist, a crime gang member and a predator were among 23 Romanians deported from Ireland in recent weeks.   The criminals were flown out of the country on a one-way charter flight. Niall speaks to Sunday World reporter Patrick O'Connell about the rise in deportation orders.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A verdict of unlawful killing was this week returned in a coroner's court, which heard that student Emer O'Loughlin was killed violently before her remains were burned in a fire. Pam O'Loughlin, Emer's sister said the verdict is monumental to her loved ones, as it is the first time that the state have acknowledged that she was murdered. The whereabouts of chief suspect John Griffin remain unknown....

Dublin Firefighter Terence Crosbie has been sent to a Supermax prison in the US - despite 88 pages of character references being handed into a judge at his sentencing hearing. Crosbie was jailed for at least 7 years after a jury found him guilty of rape a woman in a hotel in Boston on St Patrick’s Day weekend last year. Niall speaks to Sunday Independent crime correspondent Ali Bracken about the e...

The jailing of hurling legend DJ Carey on fraud offences has marked a stunning fall from grace for Ireland’s one time greatest sportsman. But what was going on behind the scenes in Carey’s life and how did he manage to convince so many that he was sick with cancer? Nicola speaks with journalist Eimear Ni Bhraonáin author of a new book The Dodger: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal. Hosted on Acast. S...

The jailing of hurling legend DJ Carey on fraud offences has marked a stunning fall from grace for Ireland’s one time greatest sportsman. What was going on behind the scenes in Carey’s life and how did he manage to convince so many that he was sick with cancer? Nicola speaks with journalist Eimear Ni Bhraonáin author of a new book The Dodger: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal. Hosted on Acast. See a...

The jury in the double murder trial of Ruth Lawrence have been hearing the closing statements from the prosecution and the defence which will be directed by the Judge Tony Hunt before they retire to consider their verdict. Lawrence is accused of murdering Eoin O’Connor and Anthony Keegan, described in court as drug debt collectors, after the State say drugs were stolen. Nicola speaks with Eamon Di...

The half brother of one of Ireland's most notorious sex offenders has spoken about the years of abuse and rape he suffered at the hands of a sibling. Philip Murphy has long been regarded as a dangerous predator after being convicted of sinister attacks on random women in Dublin. In part two Niall speaks to Tom Ryan about facing his half brother in court and the moment Philip Murphy is finally foun...

The half brother of one of Ireland's most notorious sex offenders has spoken about the years of abuse and rape he suffered at the hands of a sibling. Philip Murphy has long been regarded as a dangerous predator after being convicted of sinister attacks on random women in Dublin. Niall speaks to Tom Ryan about how Murphy also sexually abused him from the age of six and his long fight for justice. I...

An RIP notice marked her passing and urged mourners to give donations to charity and bring no flowers. But gardai became suspicious of the untimely passing of serial fraudster Amy McAuley. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about a woman who faked her own death to avoid facing theft and fraud charges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Tanya Fowles has been credited being one of a handful of people whose interference forced the PSNI to investigate the murder of tragic showjumper Katie Simpson. In the Crime World Presents podcast series Groomed she describes how she tried to raise red flags with police after killer Jonathan Creswell told them that Katie had taken her own life. In Nicola's book Groomed she documents the...

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of the double murders of drug debt collectors Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor, has heard that her partner Neville van der Westhuizen is currently in jail in South Africa for a brutal kidnapping and murder which took place in 2017. The murder was of a young man following a row over a mobile phone charger. The court heard, three years after the bodies of O’Connor...

The legal bill for the defence of Bloody Sunday murder accused Soldier F has been revealed as a whopping £4.3 million after MP Colum Eastwood lodged a parliamentary question about the publicly funded fees. Eastwood has described the figure as "sickening" while pointing out that the families of those murdered and wounded had to rely on the generosity of a law firm working for free and others who of...

Gangster-turned-poet Ian 'Mad Dog' Maloney has been jailed for 10 years for a gun attack on a house. He has apologised to the victims and said he is finished with crime. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Maloney and his hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Garda Commissioner has agreed to launch a cold case review into the death of 87-year-old farmer Liam Farrell. Liam’s body was discovered bloody and bruised at the rear of his bungalow home in 2020. Niall speaks to Liam's son Peter about his family’s long campaign to discover the truth about his father’s death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man who stabbed his girlfriend 50 times, and the brothers of Joseph Puska who have been convicted of withholding information as Gardaí investigated the murder of schoolteacher Aisling Murphy are under protection in prison. Marek and Lubomir Puska Jnr were moved to a different wing after one of them was attacked by five inmates, while Josh O’Brien, who savagely attacked his former girlfriend Niam...

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie will be sentenced tomorrow in a Boston courtroom after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman during a night out for St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. But already his lawyer Daniel Reilly has said that his conviction is a miscarriage of justice and an appeal will be lodged. Crosbie has insisted he never touched the victim but she told the court that he raped...

A father and daughter who claim Ruth Lawrence admitted that she had shot one of two drug debt collectors who were murdered in Cavan in April 2014 have been given evidence at her trial. Stacey and Jason Symes have been telling the double murder trial about events before and after Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor were shot dead and their bodies discovered dumped on an island. Ruth Lawrence denies mu...

Two men found guilty of the murder of Northern Ireland drug kingpin Malcolm McKeown in 2019 will serve more than 50 years in prison. But were killers Jake O’Brien, from Lurgan, and Andrew Martin, from Banbridge, calculated assassins or disposable lackies working for the notorious a notorious organised crime group with firm links to Mr Big? Nicola and Niall speak with Steven Moore about McKeown, hi...