Attacks in Sligo town last year left two men dead and another with serious injuries
Palani tracked the men down using an LGBT dating app before stabbing them to death in their homes. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Palani tracked the men down using an LGBT dating app before stabbing them to death in their homes and mutilating their bodies. ‘How are you meant to enjoy sex and a relationship?’ The reality of living with your parents in your 30s On Monday, his sentencing hearing heard gardaí believe Palani would have continued to kill had he not been arrested.
Palani, who is originally from Iraq and came to Ireland with his family when he was six years old, repeatedly insisted he was not gay despite forensic evidence showing he engaged in sexual activity with at least one victim.
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