The Scissor Sisters Murder: Notes on Ireland’s most gruesome crime

A mother and her two daughters brutally killed a man and then dismembered his corpse

• Occurred on March 20, 2005 in Dublin, Ireland
• Involved Linda Mulhall, her sister Charlotte, their mother Kathleen, and Farah Noor

• They had been heavily drinking vodka and taking ecstasy

All four were heavily drinking and taking MDMA (ecstasy) before the murder

• Farah Noor made sexual advances towards Linda

• He threatened to kill their mother
• Charlotte cut Noor's throat with a Stanley blade
• Linda repeatedly hit him in the head with a hammer
• They stabbed him over 20 times

In the midst of the bloodbath, they continued to stab the victim up to 20 times before dragging his lifeless body into the bathroom and dismembering his remains with a kitchen knife and hammer – including his head, limbs and penis. The Daily Mirror

Charlotte and Linda Mulhall dismembered Noor’s body in the bathtub with a kitchen knife

• Cut up the body with a kitchen knife and hammer over several hours
• Cut off his penis
• Put body parts in bags and dumped in Royal Canal, except the head

• Buried head in field in Tallaght, never found

All three women were sent to prison

• Mother confessed 10 days later when body parts surfaced
• Linda found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to 15 years

“Boils my blood no one will ever know the true story to what happened,” Nikita posted on Facebook. “If he was in prison and the three of them were in the ground, how much different would it have been?” - Linda’s daughter Nikita

• Charlotte found guilty of murder, given mandatory life sentence
• Their father John Mulhall committed suicide after charges filed
• Mother Kathleen served 3 year sentence

Farah Noor was a child rapist and had a history of sexually abusing women

• Farah Noor had history of violence and sexual abuse
• Left wife and kids in Kenya, lied about background to gain asylum
• Raped a mentally disabled 16 year old who had his baby
• Suspected in an unsolved murder in Dun Laoghaire

Under cross-examination the witness detailed more of the abuse she claimed she suffered at the hands of the deceased, and agreed she had fears that her son was being abused by him. She agreed she had been raped on numerous occasions and had had "very brutal sex" with the deceased at any time and anywhere he had wanted it. She said the mother of the two accused, Kathleen Mulhall, had contacted her on a number of occasions, making complaints about Mr Noor and seeking her advice. She suggested she should leave him.

Charlotte Mulhall may be released soon

• Linda released in 2018 after 12 years
• Daughter Nikita defended her, blamed Noor
• Charlotte still imprisoned but expected release if she behaves