A male in his 50’s is scheduled to appear before Tallaght District Court at 10.30am this morning charged in connection with the death of Stephen Hughes Connors who died in a fatal blaze on 1st September 2001 at Rossfield Avenue, Brookfield, Tallaght.
Previous press releases listed below refer.
Garda Press Office
This man was released from the provisions of section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday 7th February 2012.
A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions and forwarded on completion.
Release is attached.
Garda Press Office
As a result of the ongoing investigation carried out since the 10th anniversary of the death of Stephen Hughes Connors an arrest was made this morning, Monday 6th February 2012.
New evidence came to light prompting this arrest of a 52 year old man in the Dublin 7 area.
He is being detained at Tallaght Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
Attached is the appeal we circulated in relation to Stehen’s death last September.
Garda Press Office
Gardaí at Tallaght are issuing a fresh appeal in relation to the death of Stephen Hughes Connors on this the 10th anniversary of his death.
He was 12 years old on September 1st 2001 when he was killed in a fatal fire at Rossfield Avenue, Brookfield. Stephen and a 14 year old male friend slept in a makeshift hut made predominately of pallets, doors and carpet - sometime before 5am it was set ablaze.
The incident was featured in a ‘Crimeline’ programme in 2003 and re-examined by the Serious Crime Review Team who made an arrest in April 2006. The 51 year old suspect was not prosecuted after a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Liz Hughes remains devastated by her son’s death and is "pleading with anyone who knows what happened that night to contact the Guards”. It would be a comfort she said to "know what happened to Stephen – even after all these years”.
Superintendent Eamon Dolan of Tallaght is "confident that there are people out there who know what happened that night or who may have been confided in afterwards”.
They are asked to contact Gardaí at Tallaght on 01 6666000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
A photograph of Stephen is available by e-mail request.
