Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between July 1973 and July 1974, from the ages reported

Nationality

Romanian, as stated in a report

Offences

Impeding apprehension or prosecution

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

2 reports, 28 Jul 2021 to 28 Jul 2023

Outlets

irishmirror.ie, extra.ie

• Appeal dismissed in Bandon impeding apprehension or prosecution case Impeding apprehension or prosecution · Co. Cork

  Jonathan Duke, 27, was strangled at Bridge House, Bandon, Co. Cork, on November 12, 2011, and his body was thrown into the River Bandon, 24 hours after John Forrester, 42, was killed in the same building. Romanian man Ciprian Grozavu, 49, and woman Catherine O'Connor, his girlfriend at the time, were linked to both killings. Grozavu was originally convicted of both murders and jailed for life, but the Court of Appeal quashed the murder conviction over Duke's death and ordered a retrial. At the 2021 retrial in Limerick, he was acquitted of murder on the judge's direction but convicted of two counts of impeding apprehension or prosecution and sentenced to eight years with a concurrent six-year term. The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against that conviction in July 2023.

  Sentenced, 28 Jul 2021Convicted · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 28 Jul2023
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Appeal dismissed in Bandon impeding apprehension or prosecution case

   'House of horrors' murderer loses appeal over throwing second body in Cork river

   convicted, Ciprian Grozavu, 49, male, Romanian, named, non-irishCiprian Grozavu♂49RO
2. 28 Jul2021
   Sentencedextra.ie, in Appeal dismissed in Bandon impeding apprehension or prosecution case

   Murderer who dumped man's body in Cork river gets sentenced - Extra.ie

   convicted, Ciprian Grozavu, 47, male, Romanian, named, non-irishCiprian Grozavu♂47RO

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