Man charged with murdering Keane Mulready-woods, 17, whose body was dismembered and found in Ireland

A man has been charged in relation to the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods, whose body was dismembered and found in Ireland.

He is due to appear in court in Drogheda, County Louth, this morning after he was arrested and questioned last week.

A second man, who was also arrested last week, has been released without charge from Balbriggan Garda station, reports The Irish Times. 

The man will appear in court this morning. A second man has been released without charge after he was arrested by police last week. Pictured is Mr Mulready-Woods

Mr Mulready-Woods was abducted from the streets of Drogheda, 30 miles north of Dublin, in January and taken to a pebbledash home, where he was tortured and murdered.

His head was severed, his body dismembered and a sports bag containing some of his limbs dumped on a north Dublin street. His torso has never been recovered. 

Body parts confirmed to be his were recovered at two different locations in Dublin. 

At least 26 people have died in feuds between rival gangs in Ireland in the last five years. 

Mulready-Woods was abducted from the streets of Drogheda and taken to a pebbledash home, where he was tortured and murdered

Victim Keane Mulready-Woods who was murdered and decapitated in Drogheda on January 12

A coffin carrying the remains of Keane Mulready-Woods pictured being carried from the Church of the Holy Family in Drogheda after the teenager’s funeral 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (centre left) and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin (centre right) during a rally in Drogheda, Co. Louth, to voice opposition to drug-related violence on Saturday, January 25