A consultant psychiatrist who said a father accused of the murder of his 20-month-old son was not insane did not interview the man’s wife or family and did not speak to any of the professionals who had dealt with him around the time of the killing, a jury has heard.

A consultant psychiatrist at the Central Mental Hospital has directly contradicted the diagnosis of two consultant psychiatrists called by the defence in the trial of a father accused of the murder of his 20-month-old son.

A father accused of the murder of his 20-month-old son was suffering from an abnormality of the mind at the time he took his son by the feet and swung his head against a kitchen wall, a consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court.

The wife of a man accused of murdering their 20-month-old son considered committing him to a mental hospital in the months before the killing, a jury has heard.

The wife of a man accused of the murder of their 20-month-old son in an apartment in Clane, Co Kildare two years ago has told his trial that she didn’t want to leave her son alone with him.

A murder trial jury was discharged today after failing to reach a verdict in the case of a Somalian man charged with murdering his 20-month-old son.

A murder trial jury was sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict in the case of a Somalian man charged with murdering his 20-month-old son.

A Somalian father was not legally insane at the time he killed his 20-month-old son, a consultant psychiatrist at the Central Mental Hospital told a murder trial jury today.

A Somalian man today admitted holding his baby son by the feet and hitting his head off a wall after evil spirits told him to "hit him, hit him".

A toddler died from extensive brain damage and multiple fractures to the skull consistent with "multiple severe impact to the head", a murder trial heard today.

A Somalian man denied murdering his 20-month-old son and told gardai the toddler fell twice on the night he was killed, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A former asylum seeker allegedly lifted his baby son out of bed and took him into another room where the child was beaten to death, a murder trial heard today.

A murder trial jury has been sworn in to try a foreign national, with an address in Co Kildare, who is accused of murdering his 20-month-old baby son.