Ireland Named in reporting
Zeinat Bashabsheh
Born between May 1982 and May 1983, from the ages reported. 6 reports across 1 case, 26 Dec 2021 to 19 May 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between May 1982 and May 1983, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Jordanian, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Wicklow
- Reporting
- 6 reports, 26 Dec 2021 to 19 May 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, rte.ie, extra.ie, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to life for Christmas Eve murder in Enniskerry Murder · Co. Wicklow
Zeinat Bashabsheh, a 42-year-old Jordanian woman and mother of five, was found dead with 14 stab wounds in the kitchen of her home in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2021. Her partner, Bahaalddin Alshwawrah, a 42-year-old Jordanian man, was arrested the following Sunday and charged with murder. He was remanded in custody and the case was adjourned on multiple occasions, including over a delayed psychiatric assessment. A plea was entered in April 2025, replacing a trial originally fixed for 12 May 2025. On 19 May 2025, Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced him to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court.
Sentenced, 19 May 2025Victim · 6 reports
Timeline
every report naming Zeinat Bashabsheh, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 19 May2025‘Our beloved Zeinat was brutally taken from us’: Man who stabbed wife 14 times on Christmas Eve jailed for lifevictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, non-irish (judged from name)Zeinat Bashabsheh
- 19 May2025Man jailed after stabbing wife and filming her dyingvictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, non-irish (judged from name)Zeinat Bashabsheh
- 11 Jan2023Judge criticises ‘intolerable’ delay in preparing psychiatric report for murder casevictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, non-irish (judged from name)Zeinat Bashabsheh
- 27 Dec2021Man appears in court accused of murdering his partner on Christmas Eve - Extra.ievictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, non-irish (judged from name)Zeinat Bashabsheh
- 26 Dec2021Partner of a mum-of-five appears in court charged with her Christmas Eve murdervictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, non-irish (judged from name)Zeinat Bashabsheh
- 26 Dec2021Man appears in court charged with murder of his partner in Enniskerryvictim, Zeinat Bashabsheh, 42, female, Jordanian, non-irishZeinat Bashabsheh
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