Knife attack man committed to the Central Mental Hospital

A Dublin man who broke into his neighbour’s home and attacked the family living there with a knife has been found not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Desmond Hogan ordered that Mark Larkin (aged 37) be committed to the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum until further order after a jury of six men and six women returned the special verdict following just more than half an hour of deliberation.