Second man admits helping in movement and disposal of body parts of murdered Louth teen

In February 2023, the Special Criminal Court jailed Drogheda criminal Paul Crosby for ten years for facilitating the "disgraceful and inhuman" murder of the teenager.

Crosby's co-accused Gerard Cruise was considered by the court to be at a lower level and received a sentence of seven-and-a-half years with the final six months suspended for two years.

Cruise (51) with addresses in Drogheda and Lower Sherrard St, Dublin 1, had pleaded guilty to a charge that, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods at Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, between the dates of January 11 and 13, 2020, contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.

Crosby (29), last of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth pleaded guilty to the same charge.

The court had previously heard that the chief suspect for the murder was Robert Lawlor, a "notorious" criminal who was linked to several murders. Lawlor was shot dead in Belfast in April 2020. At the time of Keane Mulready Woods' murder, Lawlor was "heavily involved in a feud between rival criminal gangs in Drogheda".

Keane went missing on the late afternoon of January 12, 2020. On January 14, gardai with a search warrant went to the home of Gerard 'Ged' McKenna (55) in Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, which was confirmed as the site of Keane's murder by DNA and blood spatter evidence. McKenna was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to assisting in the clean-up of the crime scene following the murder.