No capacity left for those not guilty by insanity, court told

The State's only designated facility for assessing and treating people found not guilty through “insanity” has just a fraction of the capacity required for inpatients, a court has heard.

Fergal Foley BL, prosecuting, submitted that there was no inpatient option available at the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) for a man who was acquitted of harassment by reason of insanity. Counsel told Judge Sarah Berkeley that the hospital had one fifth of the capacity required for inpatients.