A picture of violence: The 24 women killed in four years

Since 2020, 24 women person been violently killed successful Northern Ireland.

Each 1 of them was a daughter, the bulk of them mothers.

They were sisters, aunts, friends and immoderate of them were grandmothers.

All but 1 of these women were killed by a antheral oregon it is simply a antheral who has been charged successful transportation with their deaths.

In each case, for the women's families and friends, the trauma of their deaths volition beryllium felt everlastingly and beryllium passed down to the adjacent generation.

In astatine slightest 20 of the 24 deaths, the killers - oregon the suspects successful their killings - were well-known to the women.

That fig could beryllium higher arsenic the narration to immoderate of those accused of the killings is not yet known.

The cases are inactive going done the ineligible process.

Those that person been accused oregon convicted of the killings see husbands, partners, ex-partners, brothers, sons, a person and a grandson.

At slightest 18 of the 24 women were attacked oregon killed successful their ain homes.

Another, Katie Brankin, was killed portion connected a glamping holiday.

The nonstop details of the properties wherever immoderate of the women died person not yet been confirmed.

The women who person been killed ranged successful property from their 20s to their 80s.

The youngest was Patrycja Wryebek, who was 20.

Elizabeth Dobbin was 82 erstwhile she was killed successful her Larne home.

At slightest 18 of the women were mothers. Another, Natalie McNally, was large erstwhile she was killed.

In 4 cases, the women’s children were contiguous astatine the properties wherever they were attacked.

Each of these women person near down heartbroken families.

Families who privation their loved 1 remembered for the lives they had and not their convulsive deaths.

Betty Dobbin was known to her large granddaughter arsenic “Great Dobbin”, a word of affection which her household said showed her value wrong the full household circle.

One week aft the archetypal coronavirus lockdown came into force, the 82-year-old’s assemblage was discovered astatine her location successful Larne.

She had been strangled earlier being subjected to a "serious blunt unit assault”.

Mrs Dobbin was killed by her 32-year-old grandson who shared a location with her.

In a constabulary confession Alan Gingles described "seeing zombies" with his grandmother.

He pleaded not blameworthy to murder.

After aesculapian grounds was enactment earlier the court, helium was re-arraigned and pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter by means of diminished responsibility.

He was handed down an indeterminate situation condemnation with a minimum tariff of 5 years.

Natasha Melendez’s parent said of her daughter: “You wanted to emotion and beryllium loved profoundly and you loved your children with each of your heart.”

Ms Melendez was a mother-of-four surviving successful Lisburn. She was primitively from Venezuela.

She was attacked successful her location by her spouse connected 22 March 2020 and died 10 days aboriginal successful hospital.

Thirty-five-year-old John David Scott pleaded blameworthy to her execution and to 3 anterior carnal attacks. He was handed a beingness sentence.

Emma Jane McParland was astatine location connected the Ormeau Road successful Belfast with 2 friends erstwhile her lad attacked her.

Jordan Kennedy stabbed her 5 times with a room knife. Her friends tried to assistance her but she was pronounced dormant a abbreviated clip later.

Described successful tribunal arsenic “an important and overmuch loved figure” she had tried to get assistance for her lad who had “complex needs”.

Kennedy, who was 21 astatine the time, admitted murdering his mother. He told constabulary helium believed she was successful a narration with 1 oregon much of his friends.

Kennedy was sentenced to a minimum of 14 years successful prison.

Patrycja Wyrebek was strangled and beaten to decease by her spouse successful her Newry home.

The 20-year-old was the eldest of five. Her household had moved from Poland to Northern Ireland erstwhile she was a young child.

They said they were overwhelmed by grief: "Our children are the lone happening that gives america thing to unrecorded for. Our hearts are breached and we volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again”.

Ms Wyrebek had moved successful with David Lukasz Mietus 8 months earlier her murder.

Mietus was arrested adjacent their location holding a weapon to his throat.

He pleaded blameworthy to execution and was sentenced to astatine slightest 20 years successful prison.

Ms Wyrebek had antecedently reported Mietus to the constabulary for home violence.

Katie Simpson was a talented showjumper, being with horses was her “happy place”.

One of six children, she was a overmuch loved daughter, sister, granddaughter and a devoted aunt.

Her sister Rebecca said her defining representation of Ms Simpson was the joyousness that shone from her arsenic she rode her ponies.

"She was a joy, a light, perfectly fearless - she could locomotion into immoderate country and she'd person the champion time," Rebecca said.

In August 2020, Ms Simpson was beaten and strangled to death.

Jonathan Creswell, who was successful a narration with 1 of Katie’s sisters, initially told constabulary she had tried to instrumentality her ain life. She died successful infirmary six days later.

Creswell was aboriginal charged with her murder. He was recovered dormant astatine his location connected the 2nd time of his proceedings successful April 2024.

Susan Baird was described arsenic a “much-loved sister and mother”.

One of her children wrote: “On 16 August 2020 my dada killed my mum. This volition ne'er get immoderate easier to accidental for me.

"I conflict to constitute it, ne'er caput accidental it aloud and I inactive find it highly hard to judge this is our reality.”

Mrs Baird's assemblage was recovered slumped connected a sofa successful their home.

She had been beaten to decease with a hammer.

Her hubby of astir 40 years called the constabulary and told them helium had killed his wife.

Gary Baird pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter by means of diminished work and was handed a 7 twelvemonth sentence.

During the proceedings it was heard that Baird called his GP much than 500 times for help, nary of his calls were answered.

Karen McClean was killed successful her location successful March 2021 arsenic portion of a treble killing.

The assemblage of her son’s woman was aboriginal recovered successful a location adjacent .

At the time, the constabulary commented that the deaths of the 2 women successful County Antrim had "left children facing a beingness without their mums".

Ms McClean was recovered dormant successful her Newtownabbey home. She had been stabbed.

Police judge she was murdered by her son, Ken Flanagan.

She near down a daughter.

Flanagan went connected to termination Stacy Knell and past instrumentality his ain life.

Her household described "a immense void" being near successful their lives pursuing her death.

They said the nonaccomplishment of Ms Knell had caused “unimaginable pain" but their precedence was to attraction for her daughter.

Ms Knell’s friends raised thousands of pounds to assistance wage for the ceremonial costs.

“A quiescent woman who kept to herself," Ludmila Poletelova worked successful a section vino barroom successful Limavady and had a tiny radical of friends.

She came to Northern Ireland successful 2009 and aft getting settled she helped chap Latvians and eastbound Europeans who were struggling.

Ms Poletelova was killed successful her Limavady location by her person Svetlana Svedova.

She deed her much than 50 times with a claw hammer.

Svedova was jailed for astatine slightest 16 years aft pleading blameworthy to murder.

Ms Poletelova had 2 sons whom she was adjacent to and spoke to regularly.

One of her sons said his mother’s execution had had a "devastating impact" connected the family.

The section assemblage raised thousands of pounds towards the outgo of repatriating Ms Poletelova’s remains backmost to Latvia.

It was the July slope vacation and Katie Brankin had gone connected distant for a interruption to a glamping tract successful County Londonderry with her spouse and baby.

An inquest into the Newtownabbey woman’s decease heard that she was stabbed aggregate times. She died extracurricular their campervan.

Her partner, Thomas Davidson, admitted the sidesplitting during constabulary interviews.

He died successful Maghaberry situation six weeks aboriginal portion connected remand, charged with the execution of the mother-of-one.

"I'm conscionable truthful atrocious my children person seen this but I emotion them truthful much."

Katrina Rainey uttered the operation to exigency services astatine the country wherever she was fatally injured.

The mother-of-six was being helped by her children, who were placing bedewed towels connected her burnt assemblage erstwhile occurrence crews arrived.

She was described by her parent arsenic a "gentle, sincere, beauteous miss that made clip for everyone".

Ms Rainey was preparing to spell to enactment erstwhile her husband, Thomas Rainey, opened her car door, threw petrol implicit her and acceptable her alight.

Rainey pleaded blameworthy to her execution and volition walk astatine slightest 18 years of his beingness condemnation successful prison.

A overmuch loved daughter, sister, sister-in-law and aunt, Caoimhe Morgan was remembered arsenic ever smiling, blessed and outgoing.

The mum-of-four was murdered conscionable days earlier Christmas.

Two of her 4 young children were successful the location astatine the time, 1 was said to person been recovered “trying to comfortableness his mother’s lifeless body”.

Ms Morgan’s parent discovered her body. She had been beaten to decease with a blunt instrument.

Taylor George McIlvenna had been successful a narration with Caoimhe Morgan for six years.

He pleaded blameworthy to her execution and indispensable walk astatine slightest 17 years successful prison.

He had an extended transgression signaling including anterior offences of home violence.

Alyson Nelson had taken attraction of radical her full life.

The 64-year-old retired caregiver had cared for her parent and her hubby - the begetter of the youngest of her 4 children - arsenic helium died of cancer.

Following her death, 300 radical attended a vigil on the seafront successful the County Antrim municipality of Whitehead.

Her household said they had taken "great comfort" from knowing "how loved mum was and inactive is by her friends, her household and each those who basal with us".

Ms Nelson was stabbed 7 times successful her location by her ex-partner William Finlay, who she had met online.

Finlay pleaded blameworthy to execution was told helium indispensable service astatine slightest 20 years successful prison.

He was the archetypal idiosyncratic successful Northern Ireland to beryllium convicted of execution aggravated by home abuse. He had erstwhile convictions for home violence.

For Una Noone “family was everything”.

She was the grandma who spoiled her grandson and the pistillate that household went to for advice.

She was recovered dormant successful furniture successful her Cookstown location connected 19 June with her rosary beads successful her hands.

A preliminary post-mortem recovered the 77-year-old died aft being strangled.

Her lad Barry Noone, who shared an code with her, was arrested astatine the scene.

Noone admitted helium was liable for her decease but denied murder.

He aboriginal admitted the complaint of manslaughter connected the grounds of diminished work which was accepted by the Crown owed to his intelligence authorities astatine the time.

He is presently successful custody.

A dedicated and fashionable class-room adjunct and devoted parent to her three-year-old daughter, Hollie Thomson’s “big laughter meant that you would perceive her earlier you saw her".

At her ceremonial mass, the clergyman said: “Hollie was a young pistillate who touched the lives of very, precise galore radical arsenic evidenced by the immense assemblage of radical present today.

"She had a beauteous and unforgettable grin that radiated truthful overmuch kindness and warmth".

Ms Thomson was recovered dormant astatine her location disconnected Shaws Road successful Belfast.

Preliminary examinations identified suffocation and a fractured cervix arsenic the imaginable origin of death.

Her spouse Christopher Morelli was charged with her murder.

While connected bail, his assemblage was recovered astatine a spot successful Hillsborough. The decease was not treated arsenic suspicious.

Natalie McNally was known arsenic "Nats" astatine home.

Her member Niall said she was the champion sister and that helium and his 2 brothers had treated her similar a princess.

A person of animals, Ms McNally’s parent described her arsenic strong, fiercely autarkic and hardworking and the champion girl that you could privation for.

She was 15 weeks large erstwhile she was killed.

Ms McNally’s assemblage was discovered successful her Lurgan location soon earlier Christmas 2022 - she had sustained stab wounds and compression to the neck, arsenic good arsenic blunt unit wounds to the head.

Her spouse Stephen McCullagh has been charged with her execution and remains successful custody with a proceedings day acceptable for May.

Alesia Nazarova, a mother-of-one, was recovered dormant pursuing a location occurrence successful Portadown.

Her girl was taken from the country for attraction and is present being cared for by relatives.

The section assemblage raised thousands of pounds to assistance the young girl.

Ms Nazarova’s brother, who she had shared the location with, pleaded not blameworthy to murdering his sister, attempting to execution his niece and arson.

He remains successful custody with a proceedings day acceptable for March.

In the words of her older sister Nadine, Chloe Mitchell was “a existent wee enactment popper”.

Standing amongst a oversea of flowers alongside her brother, she said “my sister volition ever beryllium surviving portion I am, due to the fact that she had fractional of my bosom and I presently person fractional of hers".

Ms Mitchell was past seen connected CCTV successful the aboriginal hours 3 June successful Ballymena municipality centre.

Her remains were recovered 8 days aboriginal successful a level successful the town.

Brandon Rainey, of James Street successful Ballymena, pleaded not blameworthy to her execution and to attempting to forestall the burial of her body. He remains successful custody.

In a household tribute Kat Parton was described arsenic "a precious girl and devoted parent who loved her lad with each bony successful her body".

Police judge Ms Parton was attacked connected 9 May, but lone discovered six days aboriginal erstwhile her begetter went to cheque connected her.

He recovered his daughter’s assemblage successful the chamber of her location successful Madrid Street successful Belfast. She had terrible caput injuries.

During a vigil, 1 person remembered: "We danced unneurotic and she lit up each country and was afloat of life.”

Her spouse Jamie Love, 23, is charged with her murder, the offence aggravated by home abuse. He remains successful custody.

A retired schoolhouse teacher and grandmother, Patsy Aust's absorption was ever her family.

The congregation astatine her ceremonial work heard Ms Aust would beryllium missed for her “kindness and love” and her “desire to support going with heavy resilience and fortitude”.

Her lasting successful her assemblage shone done successful her decease notice.

"Only the champion memories of you Patsy and the happiness you person brought to america all," it read.

"You volition ne'er beryllium forgotten, and we shall effort to enactment ourselves with our memories of having you to cherish and love."

Ms Aust’s assemblage was recovered astatine a location successful Bangor, County Down.

Her member Jim Moore, 85, was charged with her execution and remains successful custody.

Sophie Watson, who was 57, was recovered dormant astatine a spot successful Ashgrove Park successful Magherafelt, County Londonderry.

She had a fig of stab wounds.

Women’s Aid Northern Ireland expressed their deepest condolences to Ms Watson’s loved ones pursuing her death.

Andrzej Pajaczkowski of Ashgrove Park has been charged with her murder.

He replied “not guilty” erstwhile the complaint was enactment to him. He remains successful custody.

Firefighters recovered the remains of Monserrat Elias.

She was 66 and was primitively from Spain but had been surviving successful Londonderry.

It took constabulary immoderate clip to place Ms Elias.

They said she had suffered aggregate injuries from an unspecified limb during a "horrific attack" earlier a crushed level level was acceptable connected fire.

Dozens of radical attended a vigil successful her representation astatine Derry’s Guildhall Square.

One of the organisers spoke of the sadness felt by galore successful the city.

Ciaran Murray, 28, from Gortfoyle Place, has been charged with execution and arson with intent to endanger life. He remains successful custody.

During a work of thanksgiving, Rachel Simpson's sister Cher described her arsenic “full of beans, comic faces, and lukewarm embraces”.

She added: “Rachel was a cherished parent of 3 much-loved children. This emotion remains eternal.”

Ms Simpson had started 2 palmy businesses.

Her assemblage was discovered successful a store connected the Castlereagh Road successful Belfast.

Her 21-year-old lad Nathan Simpson has been charged with her murder. He remains successful custody.

During a tribunal hearing, it was heard that helium had been released from situation 7 days earlier her death.

In her decease announcement Mary Ward, who was a mother-of-one was described arsenic a “beloved daughter”, “much loved mummy” and “loving sister” to 5 brothers and sisters.

Her assemblage was discovered by constabulary officers astatine her location successful Melrose Street successful southbound Belfast connected 1 October.

In a property league the constabulary said: "We observed a pistillate crouched implicit against the upstairs beforehand model of that location and located Mary deceased unluckily wrong the property."

Police judge Ms Ward was past seen live connected 25 September.

A execution probe was begun six days aft her remains were found.

Ahmed Abdirahman, with an code astatine Kinlay House successful Dame Street, Dublin, has been charged successful tribunal successful Dublin with her murder.

Ms Ward had made a ailment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland connected 4 September astir being the unfortunate of violence.