DNA was needed to identify trio’s bodies SCIENTIST GIVES FORENSIC INFO
They were removed and a post mortem was carried out on the badly decomposed body.
Porter, who is from Grange in Inch Island, has convictions for lewd behaviour and other sex offences going back as far as 2011.
He has served jail sentences from a number of incidents on both sides of the border.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed the discovery of a man’s body.
Porter’s death is understood to be a tragic incident and foul play is not suspected.
R.I.P: (l-r) Dean Maguire’s mum Kathleen, sister Sheila, wife Sally Ann and her mother Margaret
THE bodies of three criminals who died in a head-on collision with a truck while fleeing gardai were so badly burnt they had to be identified using DNA samples.
Burglars Dean Maguire (29), Karl Freeman (26) and Graham Taylor (31) — all from Tallaght — died when their BMW vehicle burst into flames following a high-speed crash.
This incident occurred between Citywest and Baldonnell on July 7, 2021 while they were driving on the wrong side of the N7.
A former scientist, John Hoade, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that he was able to match DNA samples taken from one of the parents of each of the deceased with blood samples taken from the men’s bodies.
Progress
GSOC investigator Louise Woods, told the inquest that significant progress had been made in investigation of the deaths of the three men.
Ms Woods sought and was granted a six-month adjournment of the case in relation to Mr Freeman’s death.
However, following subsequent objections by solicitor Michael Finucane, representing Mr Maguire’s family, the coroner Clare Keane agreed to adjourn the inquest for a threemonth period for all three cases.
Dr Keane adjourned the inquest to October 25. Solicitors for the relatives of Mr Taylor and Mr Maguire also objected to issuing death certs.