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# life in prison

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Brothers sentenced for murdering man who fired gun at their Lucan home
Jason Bradley inflicted seven chop wounds with a sharp weapon on Neil Reilly before Dean Bradley drove over him.
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Jul 18th 2018, 1:57 PM
Irishman jailed for life over murder of woman in London
Michael Purcell told officers who found him covered in blood, “I killed the woman next door, just let me die.”
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May 27th 2016, 3:46 PM
When life means life: 'God help me. The devil made me do it'
In the 1970s, two serial killers from the UK came to Ireland planning to rape and kill a woman every week.
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Jan 17th 2016, 10:00 PM
Woman jailed for killing five of her newborn babies and hiding them in a freezer
The woman told the court that the children were all stillborn.
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Jun 15th 2015, 4:06 PM
Graham Dwyer has lodged an appeal against his murder conviction
The jury found that Dwyer stabbed Elaine O’Hara to death for his own sexual gratification. He was given 21 days to appeal.
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May 11th 2015, 9:30 AM