Phonecall renews mother’s hope son’s murder will be solved

Today marks 10 years since the murder of plumber Anthony Campbell — and despite her seemingly endless wait for justice his mother Christine is defiant: “My hope is strong.”

On December 12, 2006, Christine’s only child, Anthony, 20, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He had no idea he’d been called to fix a leaky radiator at one of Dublin’s then most notorious gang figure’s relative’s homes.

Anthony is believed to have opened the door to his killers. And as he raised his arms in defence, the tragedy that rocked a nation and ravaged a family’s lives, unfolded. Within moments the apprentice plumber was gone forever, murdered in cold blood.