The Torso in the Canal by John Mooney

Author:John Mooney
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: violence, Ireland, immigrant, kill, Noor, Scissor Sisters, dismemberment, life sentence, Torso in the Canal, death, Kenyan, crime, prison, murder, murderer, Dublin, immigration, gardai, killing, sisters, Linda Mulhall, Torso, ballybough bridge, John Mooney, royal canal, forensic, Farah Swaleh Noor, croke park, Mooney, Kenya, Charlotte Mulhall
ISBN: 9781905379989
Publisher: Maverick Publishing Ltd
Published: 2011-06-01T23:00:00+00:00

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Mangan was called to a meeting in Coolock. Moments after he arrived on the north side of Dublin city, his phone rang. It was Linda; she was crying and was barely comprehensible.

‘Christopher, Christopher, I need to talk to you.’

Mangan was taken aback. He asked if she wished to talk about the murder. She said she did. He told her he would call around to the house at 4.45pm that same evening.

He returned as promised with Hickey. As before, John Mulhall Snr met them at the door. He directed them to a bedroom that was built in the back garden of the house. When they entered the room, they saw Linda sitting on the bed. She was crying uncontrollably. Mangan walked towards her and asked if she wanted her father to stay, but she said she’d prefer to talk alone.

Perhaps for the first time in months, she felt relieved. Wiping away the tears, she admitted that she, with Charlotte, had killed Noor.

Mangan was legally obliged at this stage to caution her and ask her to make a statement. He explained that he was duty bound to do so. She accepted his words as sincere and said she just wanted to tell the truth.

Hickey then cautioned her in a standard manner:

‘You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you do say will be taken down and may be given in evidence.’

He took out his notebook while asking her if she understood the caution. He then proceeded to write down what was the beginning of Linda’s confession, word for word. She continued to cry uncontrollably as she spoke about the events of 20 March.

It was clear that she had been deeply traumatised by what had happened; perhaps horrified by her own actions. She had now accepted that she could not brazen this out.

Mangan offered to take her to Tallaght Garda Station to record her interview, but she declined.

She wanted to confess there.

‘I want to tell you the truth about what happened Farah,’ she said.

She recalled the events of that afternoon and specifically how the atmosphere in Richmond Cottages had suddenly turned. She spoke honestly, not hiding anything, and then asked if she could use the toilet, at 6pm. When she returned, she spoke about the actual killing.

She didn’t attempt to limit her own involvement in the death. She broke down crying several times, while confessing, and spoke about the effects of the dismemberment.

When she finished, Hickey read over the notes of the conversation, which he crafted into a statement. She agreed with the notes and signed them. The time was now 8pm.

That evening was bright, prompting Mangan to ask Linda if she would take him to the field where she had buried the head. She agreed to do this without hesitation. Mangan left the room momentarily to tell her father what had happened; he seemed relieved. The detectives then left with Linda in a patrol car.

Linda directed them out of the estate and towards Killinarden Hill, where she’d hidden Noor’s head in a field.

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