A woman will appear in court this morning to be formally charged in connection with the death of a Kenyan man in Dublin three years ago.
Kathleen Mulhall (54), the mother of Charlotte and Linda Mulhall who have received convictions in connection with the death of Farah Swaleh Noor, had charges put to her by detectives at Mountjoy Garda station last night.
The dismembered and decapitated body of Mr Noor (38), who was Kathleen Mulhall's boyfriend, was found in the Royal Canal near Ballybough Bridge, Dublin in 2005.
She will be formally charged at Dublin District Court this morning of aiding and abetting another person in the concealment of a crime, under section seven of the Criminal Law Act 1997.
A Garda spokesman last night confirmed that two detectives had travelled to London to interview Kathleen Mulhall and that she had agreed voluntarily to return to Ireland with them.
She had been living in the United Kingdom for the past few years before she arrived back in Dublin yesterday afternoon.
Ms Mulhall was taken to Mountjoy Garda station for questioning and was presented with a charge of aiding and abetting another person in the concealment of a crime, in relation to the killing of Mr Noor.
Kathleen Mulhall's daughter, Linda Mulhall, was found guilty in October 2006 of the manslaughter of Mr Noor on March 20th, 2005, after a drinking session at the home of their mother, Kathleen Mulhall, in Summerhill, Dublin.
Linda's sister, Charlotte Mulhall (25), of Kilclare Heights, Tallaght, was found guilty of Mr Noor's murder and received a mandatory life sentence.
However, the Court of Criminal Appeal last week ruled it was "legally improper" and "inappropriate" for a trial judge to have imposed a 15-year sentence on Linda Mulhall for manslaughter without having first considered probation and psychological reports. It adjourned for four weeks its decision on Mulhall's appeal against severity of sentence to allow it to receive and consider those reports.
