Ireland Named in reporting
Otniel Richardo Clejan
Born between June 2000 and May 2001, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 20 May 2025 to 23 Jun 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between June 2000 and May 2001, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Meath
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 20 May 2025 to 23 Jun 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Two men sentenced to life for murder in County Meath Murder · Co. Meath
Mahamud Ilyas, a 22-year-old Somali man, was beaten to death at an apartment in Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 8 December 2022 following a row over a stolen bag of cannabis worth €6,000. His body was wrapped in a duvet and left in a wooded area at Belgree Lane, Kilbride, County Meath, where it was found on 10 December 2022. Viorel Doroscan, 23, and Otniel Richardo Clejan, 24, were arrested in County Meath on 4 January 2023, charged with murder, and convicted by a unanimous jury in May 2025. They were sentenced to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court in June 2025. Co-accused Lorenzo Cantaragiu, 22, was found guilty of impeding the prosecution and Robert Burns, 59, a man, pleaded guilty to the same charge, with sentencing pending.
Sentenced, 23 Jun 2025Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Otniel Richardo Clejan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 23 Jun2025‘He was left in the middle of nowhere’: Two jailed for murder of man in row over stolen cannabisconvicted, Otniel Richardo Clejan, 24, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Otniel Richardo Clejan
- 23 Jun2025Two men jailed for life over murder of man in Co Meathconvicted, Otniel Richardo Clejan, 24, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Otniel Richardo Clejan
- 20 May2025Pair convicted of hammer murder of Mahamud Ilyasconvicted, Otniel Richardo Clejan, 24, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Otniel Richardo Clejan
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