A jury has found a 43-year-old man accused of murdering his brother and attempting to murder his father not guilty by reason of insanity.
Shane Murphy was selflessly trying to protect his father from John Murphy jnr, who followed their father out of the house and stabbed him a number of times before returning to the property where he continued to assault Shane, stabbing him repeatedly, Det Garda Breen said. Gardaí recovered an 18cm blade broken from the handle at the scene. CCTV footage showed John Murphy jnr concealing a bag containing clothes in a garden compost heap in the area. The clothing was stained with the blood of his brother and his father.
John Murphy jnr made a series of allegations against several members of his family, all of which gardaí believed were without any basis. These included allegations that his life was being threatened and that the freezer had been defrosted so his body could be put there after he was killed. Dr Monks said that John Murphy jnr was in an acute psychotic state as a result of schizophrenic illness at the time, that his judgment was significantly impaired, and he was suffering delusions and hallucinations and had lost touch with reality.
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