Jury hears man strangled mother during manic episode

Man charged with murdering his mother had called to her home but visit ‘ended badly’, jury told

A Kerry man who strangled his mother while suffering a manic or hypomanic episode related to bipolar disorder still understood what he was doing and is guilty of her murder, the State is to argue before a trial jury. Sean Guerin SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions in his opening speech today said that there is no dispute that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), was suffering from a mental illness when he assaulted his mother. Counsel told …

Jury hears man strangled mother during manic episode

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a 55-year-old man strangled his mother while suffering from a manic episode due to bi-polar disorder three years ago.