Hacked mobile phone revealed footage of husband murdering wife, court told

The man faces the mandatory life sentence for murder after he pleaded guilty to murdering his wife

Gardaí seized the accused's phone at the crime scene but until recently were unable to access its contents as they did not have the pin code or password. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí hacked into the phone of a man accused of stabbing his wife to death and discovered video and audio footage of the murder, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Stephen Mooney, aged 52, on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering his wife, Anna Mooney (aged 46), at their home on Kilbarrack Road, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5 on June 15, 2023. Ms Mooney, a Ukrainian mother of two, died having suffered stab wounds in the kitchen of the home they shared.