Man killed mother and buried body in shallow grave

A man has been found guilty of killing his mother before cutting up her body and burying it in a shallow grave.

Dublin woman Philomena Dunleavy disappeared in April last year and, after her body was found, was only identified after police in Edinburgh published a computer-generated facial reconstruction and issued an appeal in Ireland.

Yesterday, a jury in Scotland decided James Dunleavy, 40, had killed his mother but that he had diminished responsibility. He is currently being assessed by psychiatrists and will be sentenced when a report is ready for the trial judge.