Man charged with murdering women and children sent forward for trial

A MAN charged with the murders of two women and two young children in Co Limerick last year has been sent forward for trial.

John Geary, aged 31, of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, but originally from Milford, Co Cork, is accused of killing his former partner Sarah Hines, aged 25, and their five-month-old daughter Amy Hines, at a house in Hazelgrove, Gortboy, Newcastle West, on or about November 15, 2010.

He is also charged with the murder of Ms Hines’s son, Reece, aged 3, and her friend, Alicia Brough, aged 20, on the same date.