Detectives probing the murder of a convicted paedophile have found no evidence that he had sexually abused his killer as a child
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And that means gardai have not found a motive for the brutal murder and are still baffled by it. Sources say sexual abuse was an early line of inquiry after Mr Hamill, 37, beat sex offender Mooney to death with an axe at on December 1. The scene was so bloody that it was initially suspected Mooney – who served jail time for the repeated sexual abuse of a boy almost 20 years ago – had been stabbed. Hamill was disturbed by Mooney’s brother Peter and shouted “he had it coming” before fleeing.
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