Son found guilty, but insane, of father's murder

An Athlone man who killed his father in a frenzied knife attack was found guilty of murder but insane at the Central Criminal Court today.

An Athlone man who killed his father in a frenzied knife attack was found guilty of murder but insane at the Central Criminal Court today.

Kevin Parker (aged 45) was sentenced by Justice Kevin O'Higgins to be detained in the Central Mental Hospital or a similar institution.

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