Two murders and a serious assault in Sligo in April 2022

In October 2023, Yousef Palani pleaded guilty to murdering Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee and to causing serious harm to Anthony Burke. These incidents occurred in Sligo during a four day period in April 2022. FSI played an important role in providing evidence linking Mr Palani to these incidents. This included blood on footwear, recovered from Mr Palani’s residence, that gave a DNA profile matching that of Aidan Moffitt. In addition, blood found on a tracksuit bottoms matched the profile of Michael Snee. Wearer DNA recovered from the tracksuit bottoms matched the DNA profile of Yousef Palani.

A blue blanket, recovered from a scene, was stained with semen matching Yousef Pelani’s DNA. DNA recovered from a condom also contained the elements of Yousef Pelani’s DNA profile.