Tag: kids who kill

122 – Darragh Conroy: the mobile phone murder

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Child Victim, Controversial Case, Irish Crime, Kids who Kill, Life Sentence, murder

On the night of the 11th Nov, 2003, Patricia Conroy frantically searched the small midlands town of Mountmellick for her 14 year old son Darragh. He wasn’t answering the new mobile phone he’d just received and he hadn’t come home when expected.

Ms Conroy had no idea that hours earlier, Darragh had crossed paths with a schoolmate – 16 year old Darren Goodwin – and her son would not be coming home.

This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.

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91 – Pure Thuggery: The murders of Mariusz Szwajkos & Pawel Kalite

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Irish Crime, Kids who Kill, Life Sentence, Mental Health, murder, Povocation

In February of 2008, two Polish men living and working in Drimnagh, South Dublin were killed in a fight outside their home. Both had been stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. It quickly emerged that the fight had involved a group of teenagers.

Would Gardai be able to identify his killer or killers prove their lethal intent?

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58 – Murder by Mistake: Melanie McCarthy McNamara

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Child Victim, Controversial Case, Drug-related, Human Rights, Irish Crime, Kids who Kill, Life Sentence, murder, Organised Crime

Gangs and drugs effect nearly every community. But in 2012, the Dublin suburb of Tallaght was shocked by the spillover of violence. 16 year old Melanie McCarthy McNamara was shot while she sat in the back of a parked car on a residential street. The gunman had shot from the back of a black SUV and sped off immediately. 

Two men alleged to be involved in drugs locally were identified by gardai, and after protracted court battles have found themselves in prison in relation to Melanie’s killing.

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