A High Court judge today again severely criticised the legislature over its failure to reform the law in relation to mental health.

A young man accused of murdering his mother told gardai he grabbed her in a headlock and snapped her neck, and knowing she was dead, he strangled her again.

The father of a young man accused of strangling his mother to death has told the Central Criminal Court that his son became very reclusive while in mid teens.

The maternal grandparents of a youth accused of murdering his mother told a murder trial jury today that they had forgiven their grandson who "was not a well boy".