[1] Patricia O'Connor was an Irish woman whose dismembered remains were found scattered along a road in the Wicklow Mountains in June 2017.
[2][9] They also believe that her remains were dismembered in a field outside Kilmuckridge and buried there in a shallow grave for two days before being disinterred and scattered along the Military Road in Wicklow.
[2][9] On Thursday 15 June Kieran Greene, a 32-year-old man from Rathfarnham was charged with O'Connor’s murder at Tallaght District Court.
[20][10][1] On 26 February 2020 Stephanie O'Connor was found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Greene, knowing or believing him to have murdered her grandmother on 29 May 2017.
[21] On 27 February 2020 Louise O'Connor was found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Kieran Greene, knowing or believing him to have murdered her mother Patricia O’Connor on May 29, 2017.
[22] On 28 February 2020 Keith Johnston was found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Kieran Greene, knowing or believing him to have murdered Patricia O’Connor on May 29, 2017.
[23] He had denied assisting Greene in buying DIY tools in Woodie's, Mr Price, B&Q and Shoe Zone, Tallaght on 9 June 2017.
[23] The jury accepted the prosecution charge that Johnston knew or suspected that the tools were to be used in the dismemberment of O'Connor’s remains.
[20] Augustine O'Connor, who had already pleaded guilty to reporting his wife as a missing person despite knowing she was already dead, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.