Ireland Crime

Sentencing hearing with three victim impact statements; details of the murder method, trial evidence including DNA and CCTV, McHugh's 50 previous convictions, and text messages from a named woman referencing the killing.

Headline only: reports a life sentence for the murder of Lisa Thompson. The body text is a search-widget template with no article content.

Adds the full content of three victim impact statements (daughter, son, sister Ashley Duckett), details of McHugh's 50 previous convictions, trial evidence including €50,000 in prescription tablets, DNA on the blind cord, CCTV footage, text messages from a named woman, the jury's 3-hour-24-minute deliberation, the pre-trial ruling on CCTV recognition evidence overturned by the Court of Appeal, the judge's remarks, and comments from friends outside court.

Reports the sentencing hearing on 10 March 2025: life sentence backdated to 11 July 2022, victim impact statements from family, DNA evidence on the blind cord, the jury verdict, and McHugh's 50 previous convictions.

Reports the sentencing hearing: life sentence imposed, victim impact statements from the children and sister, and the judge's comments. Adds the victim's family's accounts and details of the trial evidence.

Reports the guilty verdict from the Central Criminal Court jury, detailing forensic evidence (DNA on blind cord, DNA on jewellery, CCTV footage), the cause of death, defence arguments, and prosecution closing submissions.

Reports the guilty verdict in the murder trial of Lisa Thompson. The article text is broken search-widget template code with no other reporting.

Reports the guilty verdict returned by the jury after just over three hours of deliberation, with details of the forensic DNA evidence, CCTV footage, and closing arguments from both prosecution and defence.

Reports the guilty verdict after a three-hour jury deliberation, including details of the forensic evidence (DNA on the blind cord, DNA from jewellery, CCTV), the discovery of prescription drugs in the attic, and the judge's comments to the family.

Adds the jury verdict of guilty after a trial, the trial evidence, and the sentencing date of 10 March.

Reports the forensic DNA evidence given on the fourth day of the murder trial, including the cord, rings and nail swabs, and a pathologist's account of the cause of death. Adds that McHugh has pleaded not guilty.

Adds that court heard the murder accused tried to sell jewellery at a garage on the night of the killing. The article body is missing from the scrape, so only the headline and summary were available.

The article text is broken page code. The headline alone says a man accused of murdering Lisa Thompson was recognised by 'protruding ears' near the deceased's home.

Only the headline is available; the article body is a website template. The headline reports a garda search of Lisa Thompson's house and tablets found in the attic, as heard at trial. No suspect or charge is named in the available text.

Reports the trial's third day of evidence: a Garda witness's CCTV montage from 8 to 10 May 2022, the pathologist's cause of death, the DNA evidence on the blind cord, the defence's points on gaps in the footage, and the trial judge and jury make-up.

Reports the trial's CCTV evidence: footage the prosecution says shows McHugh's movements near Lisa Thompson's home, shown by Garda Michelle Purcell, with defence cross-examination about gaps in the footage. McHugh has pleaded not guilty.

Trial evidence includes testimony from neighbour Sandra McMahon about Thompson's Zimovane and Benzo dealing, postmortem findings from Chief State Pathologist Linda Mulligan confirming death from ligature strangulation and multiple stab wounds, and scene description from Det Garda Janette O'Neill noting the bedroom was ransacked but there was no sign of a break-in.

Trial evidence includes testimony from neighbour Sandra McMahon about Thompson's prescription drug dealing and the postmortem findings from Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan detailing 11 stab wounds to the chest, ligature strangulation, and the cause of death.

Adds evidence given at trial on 6 February 2025: a neighbour's account of drug dealing and the €20,000 hold, the pathologist's findings on cause of death and weapon, the DNA evidence on the blind cord, and the trial judge and jury details.

Prosecution opening statement details the full evidential case: CCTV of McHugh arriving at 1.30am and leaving at 2.50am, DNA on the blind cord, two missing knives, the Hyundai Tucson's route to Finglas and the Clayton Hotel, and searches recovering jewellery, medication, house keys and a valuation certificate bearing McHugh's fingerprints. Trial before Ms Justice Karen O'Connor expected to last three weeks.

Adds court evidence about the condition of the victim's body when it was found: multiple stab wounds and a cord around the neck. The article body is empty, so only the headline supports these facts.

Reports the opening of McHugh's murder trial at the Central Criminal Court and the prosecution's outline of evidence, including the cause of death, DNA, CCTV and jewellery found in his home.

Supreme Court determination refusing leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's 4 July 2024 order, which allowed the prosecution's appeal and admitted garda recognition evidence that the Central Criminal Court had excluded.