Dismembered teen’s head was warning to crimelord
Victim linked to firebomb attacks
THE severed head of a dismembered teenager may have been about to be delivered to a crime boss as a “warning”.
Remains of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods were found dumped in a sports bag on an estate in Dublin on Monday.
Two days later, his head was recovered from a burning car but his torso is yet to be found.
Irish police have been told Keane was murdered and mutilated by gangsters – and that his head was to be delivered to gang boss Cornelius Price.
Price was released from prison last year after serving a three-year sentence for reckless endangerment of a policeman.
Keane was said to have links to both sides of the criminal divide in Drogheda, north of Dublin, and also associated with an infamous north Dublin gang.
He was suspected of carrying out intimidation on behalf of one of the mobs and has been linked to firebomb attacks on homes.
It is believed Keane was abducted and taken to a house in the County Louth town, where he was murdered and his body dismembered.
Keane was warned his life was in danger and had been threatened in a chilling social media video that he would be abducted and chopped up.
Detectives believe the chief suspect for the savage killing is a Dublin criminal recently freed from custody.
An extensive forensic examination is being carried out at a house in the Rathmullen Park area of Drogheda, where it is believed Keane was brought before he met his savage death.
Senior detectives confirmed that the remains discovered on a road in Dublin are those of the teenager.
Police, called the Garda in the Republic of Ireland, also said the murder is related to an ongoing feud between two Drogheda criminal gangs, which has so far claimed three lives.
Deputy Garda commissioner John Twomey said the force is determined to bring those behind “this shocking crime” to justice.
He added: “The level of violence is shocking.
“This is a brutal and savage attack on a child and is completely unacceptable in any normal democratic society.
“It is important to remember that Keane was a child, a young boy, trying to find his way in life. He has now lost his life and his family.”