Linda and Charlotte Mulhall | |
|---|---|
| Born | • Linda: 1975 (age 48–49) • Charlotte: 1984 (age 39–40) Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Other names | The Scissor Sisters |
| Criminal status | • Charlotte: Incarcerated at Limerick Prison • Linda: Released |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (Charlotte) Manslaughter (Linda) |
| Criminal penalty | • Life imprisonment (Charlotte) • 15 years' imprisonment (Linda) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1 |
| Weapons | Stanley knife, hammer |
Date apprehended | October 2006 |
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Linda and Charlotte Mulhall (also called the Scissor Sisters by the media) are sisters from Dublin, Ireland, who killed and dismembered their mother's boyfriend, Farah Swaleh Noor, in March 2005. Noor was killed with a Stanley knife wielded by Charlotte and struck with a hammer by Linda following a confrontation with the sisters and their mother, Kathleen Mulhall. His head and penis were sliced off and the rest of his corpse dismembered and dumped in the Royal Canal in Dublin where a piece of leg, still wearing a sock, was spotted floating near Croke Park 10 days later.
The subsequent manhunt and the trial in October 2006 attracted intense media attention as the details of the crime slowly emerged. The sisters and their mother were arrested but released until Linda confessed to involvement in the crime. Kathleen Mulhall left the country to live in England. When Charlotte and Linda were charged with murder in December 2005, their father, John Mulhall, hanged himself in Phoenix Park.
Because of the method used in Noor's killing, the Mulhalls were dubbed the Scissor Sisters by the media.[1][2][3] Justice Paul Carney, presiding over the trial, said during sentencing that it was "the most grotesque killing that has occurred in my professional lifetime".[4] Charlotte Mulhall was given a mandatory life sentence and Linda Mulhall was given a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, with both being sent to Mountjoy Women's Prison in Dublin.
Noor's head and penis were never recovered,[5] although Linda later admitted they had put the head in rubbish bins around Phoenix Park. It was also thought that they carried the head by bus to Tallaght and buried it in a field, with Linda returning later to dig it up, carry it to another field using her son's schoolbag, smash it further with a hammer and bury it again. Linda attracted further media attention when she slit her wrists and was sectioned (involuntarily hospitalised). Charlotte also attracted media attention when a photograph of her holding a knife to a male prisoner's throat was published; that action resulted in an increased security presence in all Irish prisons and Charlotte was moved from Mountjoy to Limerick Prison. Kathleen Mulhall voluntarily returned to Ireland in February 2008 and faced several charges. She pleaded guilty to helping clean up the crime scene to conceal evidence and was sentenced to five years in prison in May 2009.
The case resulted in several books being written and has been examined in at least one television series. It was said by the Irish Independent's legal affairs correspondent, Dearbhail McDonald, to have "fuelled fears of ritual killings in Ireland".[2]
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