Ireland Named in reporting
Oliver Doran
Born between May 1998 and January 1999, from the ages reported. 8 reports across 1 case, 13 Jan 2023 to 16 May 2023
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- Between May 1998 and January 1999, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 8 reports, 13 Jan 2023 to 16 May 2023
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for axe murder in Dublin 8 Murder · Co. Dublin
Oliver Doran, a 24-year-old man, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 8 May 2023 for the murder of Kwok Ping Cheng, a 76-year-old Chinese man, at Robinson's Court on Cork Street, Dublin 8, in April 2021. Doran told gardaí he killed Cheng with an axe he brought from his own home, then fled to Northern Ireland and England before returning on 4 May 2021 and being arrested the following day. He initially pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court but changed his plea to guilty on 17 January 2023, the third day of his trial. Justice David Keane described the killing as senseless with no motive and imposed the mandatory life sentence, backdated to the date of the guilty plea.
Sentenced, 8 May 2023Convicted, accused · 8 reports
Timeline
every report naming Oliver Doran, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 16 May2023Axe killer 'emotionless' with gardaí after hacking man to death in Dublin homeconvicted, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 8 May2023Violent criminal who 'brutally' murdered pensioner with axe is jailed for lifeconvicted, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 8 May2023Dublin criminal jailed for life over murder of pensioner who was hacked to deathconvicted, Oliver Doran, 24, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 8 May2023Violent criminal who hacked pensioner to death with axe jailed for lifeconvicted, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 17 Jan2023Man pleads guilty to murder of vulnerable pensioner in his home on Dublin's Cork Streetconvicted, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 17 Jan2023Man pleads guilty to murder of pensioner who was found 'covered in blood'accused, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 17 Jan2023Man pleads guilty to murdering ‘vulnerable’ Chinese pensioner with axeaccused, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
- 13 Jan2023Accused told gardaí he killed pensioner with axe but ‘doesn’t remember’ much of incidentaccused, Oliver Doran, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Oliver Doran
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