Man with schizophrenia found not guilty of murdering mother

A 32-year-old man with schizophrenia has been found not guilty of murdering his mother by reason of insanity.

Niall Stapleton of Glebe Lodge, Kilfane, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Siobhan Stapleton (aged 51) at that address on May 25, 2012. She died from blunt force trauma to the head, after being beaten with the handle of a garden implement.