'Pure evil': Clare woman stole from and desecrated 17-year-old girl's grave

Kirsty Donnellan said to have someone disturb your child’s grave and steal items from it is 'the most hideous crime one could ever be a victim of'

Kirsty Donnellan at her daughter Scarlett's grave at Tulla graveyard, Co Clare. Picture: Eamon Ward

A mother has described as “pure evil” the actions of a woman who stole from and desecrated her daughter’s grave on three separate occasions.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, Kirsty Donnellan told the court she was "in a state of shock, anger and despair” when she found her daughter Scarlett's grave had been desecrated in May 2020.