Killer's twisted 7-word message to teen's family after he dismembered him

Robbie Lawlor was a suspected hitman (Image: undefined)

A ruthless murderer who brutally tortured and dismembered a teenage boy in a gangland execution left a sinister warning for the victim's loved ones.

Keane Mulready-Woods became embroiled in a drugs feud in Drogheda, Ireland, and was enticed to a property on January 12, 2020, where he was tortured and decapitated by suspected serial killer Robbie Lawlor. The savage murder sent shockwaves through the port town and represented a disturbing escalation in its ongoing gang warfare.

His body parts were discarded from a vehicle in a sports bag onto a pavement in Moatview, whilst his head, hands and feet were subsequently discovered in a burnt-out car in Dublin several days later. Keane's murder triggered a wave of retaliatory attacks and Lawlor was ultimately shot dead in April 2020.

The 36-year-old contract killer was linked to numerous high-profile killings and possessed hundreds of criminal convictions before going underground following Keane's murder - with a disturbing social media video potentially revealing his motive.

In December 2019, Lawlor was acquitted after standing trial for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend's new partner's mother. Shortly afterwards, he was attacked outside a fitness centre by an individual associated with one of his alleged murder victims, reports <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/twisted-message-left-hitman-after-36264099" rel="Follow" target="_self">the Mirror</a>.

Keane Mulready-Woods was brutally killed (Image: PA)

The assailant filmed the confrontation and repeatedly declared "that's only the start" whilst striking Lawlor in the face. Lawlor's gym bag was taken and his adversaries subsequently shared images of themselves wearing his flip flops.

It's thought that Keane was present on the day of the incident, and a furious Lawlor may have sought vengeance following the embarrassment.

ollowing Keane's death, gruesome images of severed limbs surfaced on social media, one captioned: "Won't be robbing a man's flip-flops again."

The scene of Robbie Lawlor's murder (Image: undefined)

Lawlor also suspected Keane had a hand in the murder of his brother-in-law Richie Carberry at his home in November 2019. Irish police believe Lawlor tortured the teenager, having previously stated he would merely administer a "punishment beating".

Lawlor was shot in the head at point-blank range in the front garden of a house in Ardoyne, north Belfast, in broad daylight on 4 April 2020. Police suspect he was lured into a trap to be killed by rivals, or that a drug dealer murdered him for self-protection.

Following his death, journalists revealed the infamous hitman would disguise himself as a woman to evade the police, strolling around north Dublin adorned in a dress, makeup and jewellery. 

A police source told the Irish Mirror: "Robbie Lawlor became the master of disguise on and off for years before he died.

"His family and friends used to joke about it that he liked nothing more than dressing up as a woman so he could move around Dublin without anyone recognising him.

"We only became aware of it very late on in his life when one of her guys spotted him all dolled up in a dress. We used to call him Roberta for the laugh but Lawlor, who had no sense of humour, didn't see the funny side."

Robbie Lawlor was killed (Image: Handout)

At the time of his death, Keane was on licence following a conviction for intimidating a local mother over drug debts to the gang accumulated by her child.

After the brutal murder, mourners assembled at the Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove, to pay their respects. Father Phil Gaffney said: "There has to be great anger and even sadness, great fear and pain perhaps, at the thought that we live in a society where certain people took upon themselves to "play God" with regard to the life of Keane Mulready Woods. They took upon themselves to be judge and jury, and executioner. What arrogance. What appalling wickedness and evil."