Woman who stabbed her mother to death believing she was the devil found not guilty by reason of insanity

Jury accepted evidence of two psychiatrists the accused was suffering from bipolar affective disorder with symptoms of mania, depression and psychosis at the time of the killing and fulfilled the criteria for the special verdict

Central Criminal Court trial heard defendant had struggled with her mental health since 2005 and was detained 16 times under the Mental Health Act prior to the killing.

A woman who stabbed her 76-year-old mother to death in the belief she was the devil just five days after she was released from psychiatric care has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

The 12 jurors accepted the evidence given by two consultant forensic psychiatrists that the accused, Moire Bergin, was suffering from bipolar affective disorder with symptoms of mania, depression and psychosis at the time of the killing and fulfilled the criteria for the special verdict.