How Ruth Lawrence became a double murderer

An application to extradite Neville van der Westhuizen to Ireland to face trial will take place when he has finished serving his 15-year sentence in South Africa for six counts of kidnapping, attempted murder and the murder

Ruth Lawrence (pictured) has been found guilty of murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O'Connor. File picture: Collins Courts

The text message was ominous.

At 5.57pm on the evening of April 22, 2014, Eoin O'Connor typed a message to a family member which read: “have to go to the country, Woodlands in Ballyjamesduff, if anything happens to me".