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A 51-year-old woman with paranoid schizophrenia who stabbed her elderly father to death on his 94th birthday because she believed the voice of God told he was an imposter trying to hurt her has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Julie Flood (51) was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed God had told her that her father was an ‘impostor’

Julie Flood was found not guilty of the murder of her father, Patrick Flood, by reason of insanity…

Julie Flood was found not guilty of the murder of her father, Patrick Flood, by reason of insanity…

Julie Flood was found not guilty of the murder of her father, Patrick Flood, by reason of insanity

Two psychiatrists said the accused did not know that what she was doing was wrong.

A woman on trial for fatally stabbing her 94-year-old father in the stomach on his birthday told gardaí that she heard God say that he was not her "daddy"

A woman on trial for fatally stabbing her 94-year-old father in the stomach on his birthday told gardaí that she heard God say that he was not her "daddy"

A woman on trial for fatally stabbing her 94-year-old father in the stomach on his birthday told gardaí that she heard God say that he was not her "daddy"

Wexford woman Julie Flood (51) is accused of the murder of her father, Patrick Flood, in Oylegate.