Accused suffers paranoid schizophrenia, jury hears

A forensic psychiatrist has told a jury that a murder accused who stabbed his mother to death was suffering from “paranoid schizophrenia” and would have been unable to refrain from his actions at the time.

Accused suffers paranoid schizophrenia, jury hears

Fionn Braidwood, aged 32, of Clarinda Park East, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, is charged with murdering his mother, Jane Braidwood, aged 65, on January 20, 2015, at the same address.

Yesterday, at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Braidwood pleaded not guilty to murdering Jane Braidwood.

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