134 - A Question of Self Defence: The murder of Leslie Kenny

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

Sep 19, 202300:39:33Society & Culture

Just after 10am, on Wednesday the 29th July 2008, shots rang out on a busy residential road in Kilrush, Co Clare. Two men who lived on the street, Leslie Kenny and Brendan O'Sullivan, had exchanged words, and by the end...

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