Jury told to consider a lesser verdict in Dublin murder trial

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband by stabbing him over 60 times has been told to consider a verdict of diminished responsibility.

Jury told to consider a lesser verdict in Dublin murder trial

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband by stabbing him over 60 times has been told to consider a verdict of diminished responsibility.

Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan told the jury that they should find Tanya Doyle not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility if they believed she was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the killing.

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