Drug dealer sent ominous text on last day he was seen alive, murder trial hears

Ruth Lawrence (45) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32)

Lough Sheelin murder victim Eoin O'Connor

Drug dealer Eoin O'Connor, whose body was found on a lake island, had sent a text message on the last day he was seen alive saying, “have to go to country, Woodlands in Ballyjamesduff, if anything happens to me”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Ruth Lawrence (45), who is originally from Clontarf in Dublin but with an address at Patricks Cottage, Ross, Mountnugent in Co Meath has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32) at an unknown location within the State on a date between April 22, 2014 and May 26, 2014, both dates inclusive.

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