Mother tells court of 'cruelty and inhumanity' over murder of Keane Mulready-Woods

Elizabeth Mulready said knowing that parts of her son were left in different places around the country was a 'constant and unbearable torment'

Keane Mulready-Woods: Remains were found in a burning car in a laneway in the Drumcondra area. File picture: Garda/PA

The mother of Keane Mulready-Woods, whose dismembered body parts were scattered across two counties by a criminal gang, has told a court that the “cruelty and inhumanity” of his murder is something no parent should ever have to face.

Elizabeth Mulready said nothing could ever prepare a parent for losing a child, but the way her 17-year-old son had been taken and what was done to him after his death had left a level of trauma that she will carry for the rest of her life.