Woman was a 'misdiagnosed schizophrenic'

A woman on trial for the murder of her eight-year-old son was a "misdiagnosed schizophrenic" and could have recovered "if she had been listened to", a murder trial jury heard today.

Dr Brian McCaffrey, a specialist in forensic psychiatry was giving evidence in defence at the trial of Ms Jacqueline Costello (30), formerly from Woodlawn Grove, Waterford. Ms Costello has pleaded not guilty to the murder of her eldest son Robert on 28 October 2000.