Glossary
The Mulhalls and Farah Swaleh Noor
Mulhall, Charlotte ‘Charlie’, sister of Linda.
Mulhall, John, Snr, father of Linda and Charlotte.
Mulhall, Kathleen, mother of Linda and Charlotte.
Mulhall, Linda, sister of Charlotte.
Noor, Farah Swaleh, aka Sheilila Salim, killed and dismembered by Linda and Charlotte Mulhall. His remains were discovered in the Royal Canal.
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An Garda Síochána
Breathnach, Garda Brian and Ferriter, Garda Eoin took the first remains from the canal water.
Bruton, Sergeant John, of the Garda Sub-Aqua Unit.
Cox, Detective Garda Dominic, filmed Linda as she retraced her steps from the night of the killing.
Crime and Security, the spying department of Garda headquarters.
Crimestoppers, organisation seeking information on crime from the general public.
Criminal Law Act, 1997, under which Linda, Charlotte, John and Kathleen Mulhall were first arrested.
Dunne, Detective Malachy, and Detective Patrick Flood, interviewed Bakaar and Hyland.
Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, the nearest station to the scene of the discovery.
Garda Control, Harcourt Square.
Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, the specialist team tasked with recovering the remains from the Royal Canal.
Garda Technical Bureau, offering forensic analysis and examination.
Greally, Garda Alan took the call from Tara Street and entered the incident on the Grada PULSE information system.
Hickey, Detective Sergeant Liam, who first arrested Charlotte Mulhall.
Interpol, the international police agency who ran checks in an attempt to identify the remains.
Keegan, Detective Garda Patrick, interviewed Kathleen Mulhall.
Kenna, Detective Dan, compiled the statements into a book of evidence.
Kilmainham Garda Station, where John Mulhall was brought for questioning.
Labuschagne, Superintendent Gerard, of the Ritual Killing Unit of the South African Police Force in Pretoria, consulted regarding the possibility of a ritual killing.
Leahy, Garda Mick, Duty Sergeant the night Linda Mulhall made her recorded statement at Tallaght Garda Station.
Mangan, Detective Inspector Christy, in charge of the overall investigation.
McDonnell, Detective Sergeant Gerry, experienced detective from Fitzgibbon Street who first arrested Kathleen Mulhall.
McKeown, Detective Superintendent John, the overall head of the investigation.
Mountjoy Garda Station, where Charlotte was taken for her interrogation.
Mountjoy Women’s Prison, Phibsboro, where Linda and Charlotte were sentenced to imprisonment.
National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the state agency for major crime investigation.
O’Brien, Detective David, who first arrested John Mulhall.
O’Connell, Detective Sergeant Walter, first arrested Linda Mulhall.
PULSE, Garda computer system.
Ramsbottom, Dr Dorothy, of the Forensic Science Laboratory, confirmed a DNA match between Noor, the crime scene and Noor’s son from a previous relationship.
Roche, Sergeant Shay, formally charged Linda.
Store Street Garda Station, a central Garda station in Dublin city.
Tallaght Garda Station, the nearest such station to Kilclare Gardens.
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The Fire Brigade
Carroll, Derek, district fire officer.
Cullen, Andrew, fireman.
Mannelly, Glen, a fireman in Tara Street.
Phibsboro Fire Station, near the Royal Canal.
Tara Street Fire Station, a command and control unit in Dublin city centre.
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Forensics
Auguestin, Dr, an Isotope Analysis expert in Belfast.
Curtis, Dr Michael, Deputy State Pathologist.
Dublin City Morgue, where the post-mortem of Noor was carried out.
Fakih, Dr Y.M. called to the scene to confirm the remains were human and pronounce death officially.
Isotope Analysis, a process whereby the likely nationality of a body can be determined through the examination of the diet, through the intestines, and oxygen.
McBride, Dr Bríd, a forensic scientist.
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Locations
Brittas, an area near Tallaght Linda walked to with Noor’s head.
Clarke’s Bridge, the specific location on the Royal Canal where Charlotte and Linda chose to dump the remains of Noor.
Gardiner Street, in Dublin’s north inner city.
Kilclare Gardens, Fettercairn, Tallaght, at the foot of the Dublin Mountains.
Killinarden Park, and Killinarden Hill, green areas near Tallaght.
Lamh District, the Coast Province, Kenya, where Noor was born.
Liffey boardwalk
Lismore House, Drumcondra, where Kathleen stayed after leaving Mountainview.
Mombassa, where Noor’s mother lives.
O’Connell Street, Dublin’s main thoroughfare.
17 Richmond Cottages, in Dublin’s north inner city area of Ballybough, where the killing of Noor occurred.
Royal Canal, the waterway running through Ballybough.
Sean Walsh Memorial Park, a park near the Square.
Terenure College, where John Mulhall was first arrested.
Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght, The
Summerhill Parade, a thoroughfare in the north inner city of Dublin where Kathleen was first arrested.
Sunset House Pub, a bar in the north inner city.
Tymon Park North, a park in Tallaght near the Square.
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Witnesses
Abdulaziz, Ali Suleiman, a friend of Noor, who Kathleen asked about Noor after he had been killed.
Andrews, Mary, the manager at the Mountainview.
Bob, Hanji and Catalin, who ran Lismore House.
Burke, Caitriona, the new tenant at No. 1, 17 Richmond Cottages, who gave gardaí permission to run forensic tests in her home.
Farrelly, Dermot, a community Welfare Officer who was told by Kathleen that Noor had left her and asked about his whereabouts.
Gannon, Margaret, a witness who saw the body parts in the canal.
Kearney, Paul, a witness who saw the body parts in the canal.
Keegan, Laurence, a retired army private who saw the half-buried head of Noor in Sean Walsh Memorial Park.
Mohamed, Ibrahim, a friend of Noor, who was told by Kathleen that he had left her.
Noor, Mohammed Ali, a friend of Noor, who contacted another friend, Rashid Omar Ahmed, asking him to enquire about Noor’s whereabouts through contacts in Dublin and Cork.
O’Connor, Derek, of the Asylum Seekers Unit.
O’Connor, James, a witness who saw the body parts in the canal and phoned 999.
Said, Husna Mohamed, Noor’s wife in Kenya.
Shigoo, Somoe Bakari, Noor’s mother in Kenya.
Steinle, Peter, a witness who saw the body parts in the canal from North Strand Road and phoned Crimestoppers.
Tobin, John, who collected rent from Kathleen Mulhall and was told that Noor had left her.
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Legal Personnel
Birmingham, George, a barrister who was senior counsel for the state.
Carney, Mr Justice Paul, the presiding judge at the trial of Linda and Charlotte Mulhall.
Gibbons, Judge Conal, Charlotte appeared before him after admitting to her involvement in the killing.
Grehan, Brendan, SC, Linda’s representative in court.
Kennedy, Isobel, SC, Charlotte’s representative in court, and Sean Gillane, who worked alongside her.
Lonergan, John, the Governor of Mountjoy Prison.
Malone, Judge Miriam, Linda appeared before her for the hearing.
McCaffery, Dr Brian, a psychiatrist who stated after examination that Linda Mulhall was unfit, in his opinion, to go to trial.
Ní Raifeartaigh, Una, prosecutor.
O’Doherty, John, Charlotte’s solicitor
O’Donnell, Judge Hugh, issued the arrest warrant for Linda Mulhall.
Sheehan, Robert, from the prosecutor’s office.
Tunney, Kevin, a Tallaght solicitor who specialises in criminal law.
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Other Notes
‘Adam’ Investigation, The, a case investigated by the Metropolitan Police in London after the body of an unknown young male was found in the Thames. He was believed to have been a victim of muti Killing.
Adecco Recruitment Agency, the job agency through which Noor got his job with Schmitt ECS.
Bestia, Adrian, a young Romanian man found dead in a suitcase in the Royal Canal in July 2001, not far from the site where the torso of Noor was found.
Kafan, a white sheet that is wrapped around a body in preparation for a Muslim burial.
Mecca, where Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born. People of the Muslim faith must face in the direction of Mecca when they pray
Metro, The, newspaper.
Mohangi, Shan, a medical student who killed and dismembered his 16-year-old girlfriend in Dublin in 1963.
Murray, Raonaid, a teenage girl stabbed to death near her home in Dun Laoghaire in 1999. Noor alluded to the fact that he had killed her.
Muti killing, a ritual murder in which the vital organs of the victim are harvested while they are still alive, used in some cultures with the belief that the one carrying out the ritual will gain increased sexual or mental prowess.
Onyemaechi, Paiche, a mother of two and daughter of the Chief Justice of Malawi, Leonard Unyolo, whose headless body was found near Piltown, Co. Kilkenny in July 2004.
salat-l-janazah, the Muslim funeral prayer.
Schmitt ECS, the company for whom Noor worked.
Staffords Funeral Home, where the funeral prayers took place.
Street Journal, The newspaper.
Imam, the leader in the Muslim prayers.