Garda killer Crevan Mackin cremated

The killer of Garda Tony Golden was cremated in a simple ceremony in Belfast yesterday, a day after Garda Golden was laid to rest.

Adrian Crevan Mackin’s remains had lain in the morgue at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for some days after his death by suicide last Sunday, while estranged family members and aquaintances worked out how to handle his burial.

No public death notice was issued for the 24-year-old in an attempt to keep details of the burial secret and the funeral director in Crevan Mackin’s home town of Newry who handled the arrangements had declined to divulge them in advance.