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Patrick Quirke found GUILTY of murdering Bobby Ryan

Patrick Quirke found GUILTY of murdering Bobby Ryan
Patrick Quirke trial Tuesday April 23. Patrick Quirke leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin today. The jury began deliberations today in the case of the murder of Bobby Ryan, a part-time DJ going by the name Mr Moonlight. Patrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to the charge. Photo: Leah Farrell /RollingNews.ie

Image: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Patrick Quirke has been found GUILTY of the murder of Bobby Ryan in Co Tipperary.

The 50-year-old farmer from Breanshamore had denied killing the DJ known as Mr Moonlight sometime between June 2011 and April 2013.

The victims remains were found by Quirke in a run off tank on a farm owned by a woman he had previously had an affair with - Mary Lowry.

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It was the prosecutions case that Quirke murdered Bobby Ryan due to his relationship with Ms Lowry.

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