A court has heard how a man targeting gay Irish men living alone in the Sligo area murdered two men and stabbed another in the face.
The 23-year-old of Markievicz Heights in Sligo was also handed a separate 20-year sentence for causing serious harm to Anthony Burke.At his sentencing hearing today, the court hear how distressing details of how he used dating apps to target gay men living alone in the Sligo area, murdering two and seriously injuring another.His hands were tied behind his back and he had been decapitated.A knife was placed in his hand after he was killed.
Yousef Palani has pleaded guilty to their murders and also admits stabbing another man in the face, costing him his eyesight in his left eye.Palani used dating apps to target gay men living alone in the Sligo area. The court heard he was born in Iraq but moved to Ireland with his family when he was a boy.
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