A 20-year-old man who strangled his mother to death was today found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

A murder trial jury is expected to retire this afternoon to consider its verdict in the case of a young man accused of murdering his mother.

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.

A 20-year-old man today pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of his mother at the family home almost two years ago.