Man who stabbed woman to death found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility

34-year-old Sharon Crean was stabbed multiple times by Seán Egan using a flick knife with a nine-centimeter blade in Co Laois

Seán Egan was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on evidence that was largely psychiatric, File picture: Larry Cummins

A 34-year-old woman who was described as a loving mother was stabbed to death by her ‘on/off’ partner in what was described as a brutal tragedy and now he has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.

Eight women and four men took three hours of deliberation on evidence that was largely psychiatric before reaching their unanimous verdict. Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford said at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork that it was a difficult case for a jury and in particular it was difficult for the family of the deceased.