Woman Won't Fight Extradition From South Africa Over Double Midlands Murder

The 42 year old is being held on an international arrest warrant.

An Irish woman arrested in South Africa as part of an investigation into a double murder in Meath/Westmeath border will not fight against extradition to Ireland.

42 year old Ruth Lawrence is being held on an international arrest warrant, and appeared in court in South Africa yesterday.
 
Eoin O'Connor and Anthony Keegan were murdered in 2014, and were found wrapped in plastic sheeting and buried in a shallow grave on an island in Lough Sheelin.

Crime Editor with the Irish Sun, Stephen Breen says this arrest in Africa comes after years of scrutiny by gardaí:

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