Paul Wells Junior found guilty of impeding prosecution of father by disposing of chainsaw

A man who disposed of the chainsaw used to dismember the body of Kenneth O'Brien has been found guilty of impeding the prosecution of his father, who carried out the murder and dumped the victim's body parts in the Grand Canal.

Paul Wells Junior (aged 33) was charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his father Paul Wells Senior (aged 51) by disposing of a blood-stained chainsaw, which the Central Criminal Court heard had a piece of "brown meat" embedded in its motor. It was the prosecution's case that the defendant did so knowing that his father had taken a life.