Verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity would not belittle memory of Mairead Moran, jury told

A defence barrister has urged the jury in the trial of a Kilkenny man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend to return a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Shane Smyth of McGuinness House, Evans Lane admits killing Mairead Moran, but claims he was suffering from deep-seated delusions brought about by paranoid schizophrenia.