Ireland Named in reporting
Helen Sheehy
1 report across 1 case, 2 Nov 2022 to 2 Nov 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Kerry
- Reporting
- 1 report, 2 Nov 2022 to 2 Nov 2022
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Kerry man found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder Murder · Co. Kerry
Patrick Dunne, a 28-year-old man with autism, was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering his mother Susan Dunne, 62, at their home in Lixnaw, Co Kerry, in November 2013. He admitted striking her with a hatchet he had shoplifted, following an argument over the purchase of an iPhone she considered too expensive. Dunne was charged with murder in November 2013, pleaded not guilty, and was found not fit to be tried in 2014. After being declared fit in May 2022, his trial at the Central Criminal Court concluded on 21 October 2022 when a jury returned a unanimous not guilty by reason of insanity verdict. Judge Mary Ellen Ring remanded him to the Central Mental Hospital for continued treatment.
Sentenced, 2 Nov 2022Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Helen Sheehy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 2 Nov2022Killing of woman by her autistic son might have been avoided ‘with better supports’, daughter tells courtvictim, Helen Sheehy, female, irish (judged from name)Helen Sheehy
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