Woman acquitted of impeding investigation into Rebecca French death

A woman has been acquitted of impeding the murder investigation into the death of Rebecca French, whose beaten body was found in the boot of her burning car in Wexford in October 2009.

Woman acquitted of impeding investigation into Rebecca French death

A woman has been acquitted of impeding the murder investigation into the death of Rebecca French, whose beaten body was found in the boot of her burning car in Wexford in October 2009.

Helen Connors (aged 27) with an address at Belvedere Grove, Wexford, told gardaí that she was ordered to clean up the bloody murder scene at a house at Ard na Dara in the Clonard housing estate while the men disposed of the body.

The jury heard she had done so because she was in fear of her life.

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