Roscommon Herald — Jury in trial of son accused of killing his mother with a hatchet begin deliberations
Patrick Dunne (29) admits killing his mother, Susan (62), but denies her murder…
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Patrick Dunne (29) admits killing his mother, Susan (62), but denies her murder…
Susan Dunne (62) was killed in her home in Co Kerry in November 2013.
Psychiatric evidence showed that Dunne had ‘little understanding of the act or its consequences and was unable to refrain’ from killing his mother
An autistic man who bludgeoned his mother to death with a hatchet after an argument over an iPhone has been found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity.
The trial heard that Mr Dunne told gardaí in interviews that he "lost it" over a disagreement about the purchase of an iPhone Ms Dunne believed to be too expensive