Ireland Named in reporting
John Forrester
Born between July 1978 and July 1979, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 28 Jul 2021 to 28 Jul 2021
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between July 1978 and July 1979, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Impeding apprehension or prosecution
- Where
- Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 1 report, 28 Jul 2021 to 28 Jul 2021
- Outlets
- extra.ie
Cases
latest first- 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 2021Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming John Forrester, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 28 Jul2021Murderer who dumped man's body in Cork river gets sentenced - Extra.ievictim, John Forrester, 42, male, irish (judged from name)John Forrester
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