Man declined help before killing baby nephew

AN EXPERT group has called for immediate action to ensure the health system tracks seriously disturbed persons like David Brennan who murdered his baby nephew hours after he refused to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

Months before the horrific murder, the Brennan family had been trying to get help for his growing psychosis. He was offered appointments but did not take them up.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Brennan of Marsh Road, Drogheda, Co Louth, took the sleeping toddler Jake, to a nearby quarry. There he choked the child and bound his body before dropping him from a railway line into the water below.