Victim’s son: Review psych hospital protocols

The son of a woman stabbed more than 100 times by a man suffering a psychotic episode yesterday called for a review of safety procedures and protocols in psychiatric hospitals.

The family of Maria O’Brien, aged 55, spoke of their shock and trauma at the manner of her death while a patient in St Otteran’s Hospital in Waterford in September 2014.

Paul Cuddihy, 38, was yesterday committed to the Central Mental Hospital for continuing treatment.