Man (48) charged with murder of boy (12) in Killiney

A 48-year-old man has appeared before Dublin District court this afternoon charged with the murder of a boy in south Co Dublin…

A 48-year-old man has appeared before Dublin District court this afternoon charged with the murder of a boy in south Co Dublin yesterday evening.

Mr John Carroll with an address at Bayview Rise, Killiney was charged with the murder of 12-year-old Andrew Carroll who was found dead at  the same address yesterday

Mr Carroll, a father of four, was remanded in custody and will appear before Dún Laoghaire District Court next Friday.

The boy's body was this morning removed to Loughlinstown Hospital where a post mortem was carried out by the State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy.

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