SERIAL murder confessor Dean Lyons made a “quantum leap” from his first interview with gardaí when he had only vague information about the Grangegorman murders to his later statement in which he presented a very detailed account.

Inappropriate leading questions by investigating gardaí led homeless drug addict Dean Lyons to make a false confession to a double murder, an inquiry concluded today.

A 'hardened career criminal' has been jailed for four years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in robbing €60,000 from the TSB with inside help from a cashier.