Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused, suspect

Born

Between December 1958 and December 1959, from the ages reported

Offences

Murder (not guilty by reason of insanity)

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

6 reports, 15 Dec 2022 to 21 Dec 2022

Outlets

irishtimes.com, rte.ie, thejournal.ie

• Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder Murder (not guilty by reason of insanity) · Co. Dublin

  Brendan Murray, a 63-year-old man, killed his 88-year-old mother Neasa Murray by punching and choking her at their home in Clontarf, Dublin 3, on 23 August 2020, telling gardaí that God told him to do it. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder charge. At his trial at the Central Criminal Court in December 2022, a forensic psychiatrist testified that Murray was in a psychotic episode due to schizoaffective disorder and did not know what he was doing was wrong. A jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in under 30 minutes, and he was remanded to the Central Mental Hospital until 28 December 2022.

  Acquitted, 20 Dec 2022Accused, suspect · 6 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 21 Dec2022
   Acquittedirishtimes.com, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Man who killed elderly mother remanded to Central Mental Hospital

   accused, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE
2. 20 Dec2022
   Acquittedrte.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Man not guilty of mother's murder by reason of insanity

   suspect, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE
3. 20 Dec2022
   Acquittedirishtimes.com, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Man who killed mother found not guilty by reason of insanity

   accused, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE
4. 15 Dec2022
   In courtthejournal.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Murder accused told Gardaí that God told him to kill his mother

   accused, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE
5. 15 Dec2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Man accused of murdering elderly mother believed he was directed by God, court hears

   accused, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE
6. 15 Dec2022
   In courtrte.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity in Clontarf murder

   Man 'had mental disorder' when he killed elderly mother

   suspect, Brendan Murray, 63, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brendan Murray♂63IE

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