Accused has ‘mental disorder’

A second forensic psychiatrist has told a jury a murder accused suffering from schizophrenia was “not capable of forming a specific intent”.

At the Central Criminal Court, Shane Smyth, aged 29, of McGuinness House, Evans Lane, Kilkenny, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mairéad Moran, aged 26, on May 8, 2014, at the Market Cross Shopping Centre in Kilkenny City.

Colman Cody, defending, called consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Paul O’Connell from the Central Mental Hospital to give evidence.