Patricia O'Connor's son says 'brutality' of murder and 'disgusting' cover up will stay with him forever

A son has told the Central Criminal Court that "the revelation of how my mother was murdered ... will stay with me for the rest of my life"

Patricia O'Connor's siblings also told the court in a second victim impact statement that they are "still in disbelief" over their sister's "cruel and brutal" murder and were sickened at the involvement of her immediate family.

A son, whose mother’s dismembered remains were found scattered at nine different locations in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, has told the Central Criminal Court that "the revelation of how my mother was murdered, the brutality of the act, the cold-hearted way in which she was dismembered, the disgusting way it was covered up and then to find out who was involved will stay with me for the rest of my life".