Man committed to mental hospital after killing mother

A 32-year-old Co Kilkenny man has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital after being found not guilty of murdering his mother by reason of insanity.

Man committed to mental hospital after killing mother

A 32-year-old Co Kilkenny man has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital after being found not guilty of murdering his mother by reason of insanity.

A jury acquitted Niall Stapleton of murdering his mother following a trial earlier this week, after hearing he was suffering from schizophrenia when he attacked her last year.

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