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17/06/2013
33-Year-Old Admits Murder Of Two Women And Two Children
33-year-old John Geary has pleaded guilty to the murders of two woman and two children in Co Limerick in November 2010.
Geary of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, pleaded guilty to each charge when he was arraigned on the murders of his former partner Ms Hines, five-month-old Amy, three-year-old Reece and a family friend, Alicia Brough.
The two woman and children were found at a house in Hazelgrove on the 15 November 2010. All four had been stabbed to death.
Geary was arrested the following day.
Sentencing was adjourned until 08 July.
(MH/CD)
Geary of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, pleaded guilty to each charge when he was arraigned on the murders of his former partner Ms Hines, five-month-old Amy, three-year-old Reece and a family friend, Alicia Brough.
The two woman and children were found at a house in Hazelgrove on the 15 November 2010. All four had been stabbed to death.
Geary was arrested the following day.
Sentencing was adjourned until 08 July.
(MH/CD)
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