No evidence that accused has Bipolar disorder, court told

A Kildare man accused of murdering his ex-partner by stabbing her six times in the chest did not show any symptoms of suffering from Bipolar disorder, a mental illness, a forensic psychiatrist has told a Central Criminal Court jury.

Under cross-examination by defence counsel Mr Fergal Kavanagh, SC, Dr Stephen Monks, who was requested by the Director of Public Prosecutions to examine and carry out a full psychiatric assessment of Michael McDonald, said he would “strongly disagree” that the accused suffered from Bipolar defective disorder.