Carrie Mullane body 'kept in van for two weeks' before being moved to loughKeiron Tourish - North-west reporter, BBC News NI Thu, November 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC
A woman was beaten to death and her body kept in a van for two weeks before it was placed in Lough Erne, a court heard on Thursday.
The detail emerged as a nephew of the man charged with the murder of Carrie Mullane appeared in court in connection to her death.
The 39-year-old from Limerick went missing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, on 10 October. A body was recovered from the lough on 9 November and a formal identification process is ongoing.
Kenneth Lynch, 31, from Trasna Park in Enniskillen, appeared at Strabane Magistrates' Court via videolink charged with withholding information and encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence, namely murder.
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Michael Lynch has already been charged with Carrie Mullane's murder.
Mary Lynch, the mother of Michael and grandmother of Kenneth, appeared in count on Wednesday charged with withholding information from police.
On Thursday, a detective sergeant told the court that when interviewed by police, Kenneth Lynch said Michael Lynch and Ms Mullane came back to Trasna Park on 10 October at about 21:00 GMT and that she was struck several times to the head by Michael Lynch and lost consciousness.
The court heard that Kenneth Lynch told police that he and Michael Lynch's mother saw the attack and tried to stop it.
When he returned at 01:00 GMT the next morning, he saw Ms Mullane slumped in a chair with significant bleeding to her head.
The court heard that Michael Lynch later told Kenneth Lynch she was dead and said if he told anyone he would kill him and his family.
The court was told that police believe Kenneth Lynch helped Michael Lynch put Ms Mullane in a van and helped remove living room carpet.
Police believe her body was kept in the van for two weeks before it was discovered wrapped in plastic sheeting and weighed down with large stones in Lough Erne, the court heard.
A post-mortem examination revealed injuries to her head and neck.
Kenneth Lynch was remanded in custody.
Source: Crime
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