Thug admits to murdering man in Mountjoy cell
Irish Daily Mirror|February 07, 2023
Garda probe why man who danced on victim's head admitted killing
JOHN HAND
Thug admits to murdering man in Mountjoy cell

THE man who danced on” a prisoner's body after a vicious beating has admitted the murder, the Irish Mirror can reveal.

The thug, who repeatedly stamped on Robert O’Connor's head in a Mountjoy prison cell last summer, is attempting to take the rap despite the involvement of three other lags.

The criminal, in his late 30s, made the admission to gardai after he was arrested in jail.

O'Connor was brutally beaten and kicked in a cell on Mountjoy’s C2 landing by four men last July in an attack which lasted seconds.

This story is from the February 07, 2023 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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