'Buried alive' case - Man jailed for eight years

A man has been jailed for eight years for killing a father-of-three who was buried alive in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow four years ago.

'Buried alive' case - Man jailed for eight years
Mon, 17 Jun, 2013 - 19:52

A man has been jailed for eight years for killing a father-of-three who was buried alive in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow four years ago.

Clement Byrne (aged 49) of Clonattin Village, Gorey, Co Wexford was charged with the murder of Steven O’ Meara (aged 26) at Ballydonnell Wood, Redcross on August 6, 2009.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: Co WicklowPlace: Clonattin Village, Gorey,Place: Co WexfordPlace: Ballydonnell WoodPlace: RedcrossPlace: RosehillPlace: Wicklow TownPlace: DublinPlace: BirminghamPlace: EnglandPlace: Wheatfield PrisonPerson: Clement ByrnePerson: Steven O’ MearaPerson: O’MearaPerson: JusticePerson: Paul CarneyPerson: ByrnePerson: CarneyPerson: Detective SergeantPerson: Fergus O’BrienPerson: Michael DickensonPerson: DetPerson: O’BrienPerson: Denis Vaughan-BuckleyPerson: DickensonPerson: GardaíPerson: Deputy State PathologistPerson: Khalid JabbarPerson: O’ MearaPerson: Brendan GrahanPerson: GrehanEvent: Christmas EveEvent: Christmas Eve 2009Organisation: Central Criminal Court
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