[Opinion] Woman weeps as doctor tells court insanity not a defence for near-fatal attack on daughter

Woman weeps as doctor tells court insanity not a defence for near-fatal attack on daughter

Mother denies attempting to murder girl at temporary accommodation centre

Court told mother was suffering mental disorder when she stabbed eight-year-old daughter

The accused, who cannot be named, has denied one count of the attempted murder of the girl

'I started cutting her with the knife' - mother stabbed daughter 79 times during 'psychiatric episode', court told

The girl sustained 79 stab wounds to her chest, back, arms and legs, but she survived after gardai and paramedics raced to the scene kept her from bleeding out

‘Chaos took over my mind’: Court told mother was suffering mental disorder during alleged stabbing of 8-year-old daughter

A CONSULTANT forensic psychiatrist at the Central Mental Hospital told a Limerick court that, in his opinion, a woman accused of attempting to murder her eight-year-old daughter was in the throes of a psychiatric episode at the time and did not know what she was doing was wrong. The accused, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the child, has denied one count of the attempted murder of the girl at a temporary accommodation cen…