Two teens sent for trial over murder and robbery of Alex Coughlan after alleged Grindr meeting
https://independent.ie/irish-news/courts/two-teens-sent-for-trial-over-murder-and-robbery-of-alex-coughlan-after-alleged-grindr-meeting/a/161786493.html
Posted by andubhadh
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Community service or time served if judge nolan is on the case
wow what even
The only thing they’ll receive is the €100 payout by the government.
This is disgusting. The targeting of queer people on this app by criminals is psychopathic. They should be trialed as adults and to the full extent of the law.
This poor fella.
This is *uckin chilling stuff. RIP to this man. I hope the two rot in their cells.
This country has really lost its way completely
Jesus reminds me of the case in Sligo a few years back….
Savage psychopaths (unless there was something in the paywalled article that contradicts this plain obvious conclusion)
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Terrible just terrible and knowing our justice system no meaningful punishment.
Had no idea it was through Grindr that he met his death. Poor man. Hope the scumbags spent a very long time inside.
Jesus that website is shocking
I listened to a podcast about Declan Flynn who was killed in Fairview Park for being gay. The guys responsible were given shockingly very lenient sentences
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1w6SeAzPXbUJzKbJi5T6iK
Calling the victim “prey”, planning his murder, recording it, and wearing the victims ring as a trophy.
Don’t really care what he experienced in his country of origin, but that’s the birth of a serial killer.
Doesn’t seem to be getting much attention but Grindr should be getting looked into if 16 and 17 year olds were using their platform to meet up with older men.
This seems incredibly premeditated.
So it’s not only a murder but a hate crime as well
Such evil people have been taking advantage of vunerable people and will these scum bags be dealt with in the harshest of terms hardly we dont do justice well
It is scary if you use these platforms.
The case in Sligo a few years back was shocking. I always felt that the media didn’t want to overly highlight it.
Now we appear to have another one.
Another thing to bear in mind they are probaly plenty of other guys who get robbed or beaten up and don’t report it.
They had contacts in their phone named as ” prey ” these people were not done after Alex. Completely premeditated, robbed his money and his ring and went a bought coke and sweets what fucking scum. The offenders are 17 years old now hopefully tried as adults and put away for a long time.
From what I’m reading the attackers are claiming that he was a paedophile because he tried to meet with them as they are minors .
I feel they have been trying to imitate all those vigilantes tik tok channels where they set a trap for men trying to meet with minors.
So, basically this is their excuse to murder someone….
Absolutely disgusting. I had wondered how the poor fella ended up in that situation. Thats genuinely shocking. Calling someone prey, Jesus its hard to understand that mentality
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If this is now for trial, then why are comments allowed?
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The second Grindr murder in a year, just off the top of my head. Feels like the country is going backward.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/09/05/court-refuses-bail-for-teen-accused-of-murdering-irish-rail-worker-he-met-on-dating-app/
From the journal article:
>”Alex Coughlan’s father, John, attended their proceedings, as the boys were sent forward for trial. He stepped out momentarily as video evidence from the incident was played.”