The 17-year-old boy was last seen alive by his family on the evening of Sunday, January 12, 2020. He was murdered and his body was later dismembered.
The remains found in Coolock, in a burnt-out vehicle on Trinity Terrace, Dublin, and in Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, Co. Louth, were those of the missing boy.
Glen Bride, 30, of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrack, was arrested at his home shortly before 1pm on Friday and is due to appear before Judge John Brennan at Dublin Crown Court this evening. He is charged with three counts.
He was accused of damaging a Volvo V40 with false number plates by fire for the benefit of a criminal organisation on January 15, 2020 at Trinity Terrace, Ballybough, Dublin 3.
The second charge alleged that from 13 to 15 January 2020, at Trinity Terrace, in order to enhance the opportunity of a criminal organisation to commit a serious offence, namely murder, he participated in or contributed to the transportation and disposal of body parts of Keane Mulready Woods.
The third charge was that during the same two-day period at various locations throughout the state he hindered the apprehension or prosecution of another person who had committed the murder, knowing that person to be guilty of that or another offense.
Detective Constable Padraig Cleary, of Mountjoy Police Station, told Judge Brennan that Mr Bride had made “no response” to the allegations.
The judge heard that the Director of Public Prosecutions tried the case on the indictment in the Special Criminal Court without a jury.
Mr. Bride has not yet filed a request.
Defence barrister Garrett Casey (instructed by Tracy Horan & Company Solicitors) said his client was not making an application for bail at this stage. Mr Bride agreed to be remanded in custody but instructed his solicitor to request that he be held in Mountjoy Prison rather than Cloverhill.
Mr Casey said: “My client is concerned about his safety.”
Judge Brennan agreed to include that part of the warrant and ordered Mr. Bride to be remanded in custody so he could appear again on Wednesday.
The Public Prosecution Service must provide him with a book of evidence before issuing an order for him to return to court.
Dressed in a black hooded shirt, blue shorts and running shoes, Mr Bride spoke briefly and said “No” when asked if he would appear by video link rather than in person at his next hearing.
He was also entitled to free legal aid.
In May, Stephen Carberry, 46, of Adair Apartments, Sandymount, Dublin 4, was charged with the same three offences. He is currently awaiting trial at the Special Criminal Court.
Last year, that court sentenced two men to prison for connected crimes.
Gerard Cruise, 50, of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, pleaded guilty to a charge that, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he facilitated the murder of Keane Mulready Woods in Rathmullan Park, Drogheda.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Paul Crosby, 28, of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, admitted the same offence and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The trial revealed that the main suspect in the murder case was Robert Lawlor, a 'notorious' criminal from Dublin.
Lawlor, 36, was shot dead in Belfast in April 2020.