Family victims make up 60% of murders at the Central Mental Hospital

The report said that, for the first time, five of the reviews were the 46th or 47th conducted for those individuals, suggesting they have been detained in the Central Mental Hospital for up to 23 years. File picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

Family members were the victims of almost 60% of people detained for murder at the Central Mental Hospital,  figures show.

The Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board is charged with examining the detention of people sent to the CMH after being found not guilty by reason of insanity or unfit to stand trial.