Odhrán Kelly’s body was found beaten and burned inside a car ablaze in the Edward Street area of Lurgan in December 2023.
A woman from Co Galway today denied a charge arising from the murder of 23-year-old student nurse Odhrán Kelly.
Mr Kelly’s body was found beaten and burned inside a car ablaze in the Edward Street area of Lurgan in December 2023.
Crystal Angela Redden, from Gort Mhaoilir in Raheen, appeared at Belfast Crown Court today where she was arraigned on a charge of perverting the course of justice.
The 32-year old was charged that on December 7, 2023 she made and signed a false statement of evidence to police investigating the murder of Odhrán Kelly.
When asked by a court clerk how she pleaded to the charge, Redden replied “not guilty.”
She is the fifth person to have been charged with offences linked to Mr Kelly’s murder.
Lurgan men Gary Damien Scullion (34) from Edward Street and 34-year old Shane Harte from Garland Avenue have both denied murder, as has 45-year old Andrea Catherine Theresa Stevenson from Faulkner Heights in Bangor.
Stevenson was also charged with, and has denied, an offence of assisting others ‘in the removal and destruction of Odhrán Kelly’s body’, with the same charge levelled at and denied by Stephanie McClelland (38) from Lagmore Grove in Lisburn.
After it was confirmed that all five accused have now been arraigned, Madam Justice McBride said she would review the case on September 18 when it is hoped a date for the trial can be fixed.
Following this, Redden was released from the dock on continuing bail.
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