Psychiatrists disagree on whether insanity verdict applies to husband accused of murdering wife, jury hears

The man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his wife at Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, between June 13 and 14, 2019

Valerie French Kilroy, counsel said, had a violent death having suffered blunt force trauma, strangulation, and a stab wound in the bungalow she shared James Kilroy between Castlebar and Westport. File picture

A Central Criminal Court jury has been told that two psychiatrists disagree on whether a man who is accused of murdering his wife at their rural home in Mayo five years ago satisfies the criteria for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Anne-Marie Lawlor, prosecuting, opened the trial of James Kilroy, aged 51, saying that she expects the accused to accept that he killed his wife, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, who was originally from West Cork.