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Teen boy took selfie with Offaly woman's faceless body after bludgeoning her with hammer

A teenage boy used a sledgehammer and a lump hammer to bludgeon 51-year-old Lorna Woodnutt to death before posting a video on Snapchat and sending a selfie with the victim's faceless body, the Central Criminal Court has heard. The victim's niece ...

22 Jul 2024 at 18:39

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Tributes pour in for 'lovely' and 'sweet' Lorna Woodnutt killed in Offaly attack

Heartfelt tributes have continued to flood in for Lorna Woodnutt who was tragically killed in a violent attack in her home in Co Offaly last week. One man who used to be Lorna’s neighbour, said: “There are no words for something like this. ...

04 Oct 2023 at 12:06

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Sledgehammer among weapons seized after brutal killing of woman in Offaly

A sledgehammer is among a number of weapons seized from the scene of the suspected murder of a woman in Offaly on Friday afternoon. A woman in her 40s was found dead at a house near Rahan, a village around 10km outside Tullamore. It's ...

29 Sept 2023 at 22:42

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Offaly man who tried to burn murder victim's body given 'further chance' by judge

A judge has given an Offaly man, who has 69 previous convictions and helped a murderer by trying to set fire to the victim's body, "a further chance" by jailing him for a year instead of reactivating the two suspended years of his ...

12 Dec 2023 at 10:31

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Woman killed in gruesome Offaly attack shared online named as Lorna Woodnutt

The woman killed in the brutal killing posted on social media in Offaly on Friday has been named locally as Lorna Woodnutt. The local woman was found with severe injuries and dead at the scene at a house near Rahan, around 10km ...

30 Sept 2023 at 08:38

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Niece of Offaly's Lorna Woodnutt found out she was dead after receiving video of body

A niece of Lorna Woodnutt who was murdered in Co Offaly last year has told the sentencing hearing of the boy who admits killing her that she learned of her aunt's death after receiving the video of the scene to her phone. ...

23 Jul 2024 at 09:00

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'A sinister summer' - The story of Malcolm MacArthur and murder in Offaly

It was the evening of Friday, August 13, 1982. A group of detectives were stalking the window of the Attorney General's apartment in leafy Dublin 4. They were looking at the silhouette of a killer; one of the most ...

17 Aug 2022 at 09:51

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'A sinister summer' - The story of Malcolm MacArthur and murder in Offaly

24 Jul 2020 at 13:42

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It's 39 years since Malcolm MacArthur brought murder to Offaly

06 Jul 2021 at 11:38

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'A sinister summer' - The story of Malcolm MacArthur and murder in Offaly

21 Aug 2022 at 09:51

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