The story of Yousef Palani: A homophobic killer who sickened the nation

Were there any earlier signs from that Yousef Palani could commit such violent crimes? Sorcha Crowley writes
The story of Yousef Palani: A homophobic killer who sickened the nation

Yousef Palani 

Described as “giddy” and “daft”, nobody thought Yousef Palani could murder and maim. And yet he did. 

His gruesome murder and beheading of two gay men in Sligo last year, for which he was handed down two life sentences, has shocked and sickened a nation. 

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