If he does return to the town, there are also fears he will be run out of the place in a similar way Gerard ‘Rocky’ Cruise was when he returned to the town while on bail for his role in the murder.Ĭruise, 49, was sentenced to seven years in February for facilitating the murder of the teen while his co-accused Paul Crosby, 27, was sentenced to ten years for the same offence.

Several posts read “Smelly Rat” and “See you in four years,” leading to fears that tensions will rise once again if he shows his face around the town. Shortly after he was sentenced in March 2022 - a jail term that was backdated to when he went into custody in May 2020, abuse appeared on social media directed at McKenna.

“McKenna isn’t well liked after what he did cleaning up the scene.' “There’s still an awful lot of anger, hurt and shock over what happened to Keane and it has only been just over three years since the savage murder and dismembering of the teenager,” the source continued. “McKenna has family in the town and it's believed he wants to return there but whether some locals will allow him to live there is another thing,” a source told this paper last week. There are now fears he may return to Drogheda but because his ‘house of horrors’ in Rathmullen Park, where the shocking murder took place, has now been taken back by Louth County Council, McKenna is effectively homeless.īut, it is believed he may be housed in a different part of north Leinster with the help of a homeless charity. That sentence was backdated to when he went into custody in May 2020 and has now served his time - with a quarter off for good behaviour. The father-of-eight was given a four year jail term for cleaning up and removing blood-stained evidence from his home in Rathmullen in Drogheda where Keane, 17 was murdered and dismembered by slain serial killer Robbie Lawlor in January 2020. READ MORE: Gangster jailed over his role in murder of Keane Mulready-Woods gets prison job as cleaner behind bars Gerard ‘Ged’ McKenna strolled out the gates of Mountjoy Prison at 11.23am and when he spotted our photographer he gave the middle finger.Ĭarrying two black hold all bags, 53-year-old McKenna, wearing a black tracksuit, black runners and a black padded jacket, was then observed getting into a taxi along with another man. These are the first images in three years of the man who cleaned up the “house of horrors” where teenager Keane Mulready-Woods was butchered as he walked free from prison yesterday morning.

Cleansed by Death by Catherine Finger