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2024-02-13 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 41, of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 22, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for the murder of Gareth Kelly, 38, who she stabbed five times outside her home on 25 February 2020. She had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but the Director of Public Prosecutions accepted a plea of guilty to manslaughter by…
2023-12-05 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 41, of Dublin 22, appealed her sentence at the Court of Appeal regarding the killing of Gareth Kelly, 38. Anderson was sentenced earlier this year to 11 years in prison, with the final three years suspended for four years. She was initially charged with murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. However, the Director…
2023-06-20 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, aged 41, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Gareth Kelly, aged 38, who was stabbed five times on 25 February 2020 while attempting to start his car outside her home. Anderson was diagnosed with schizo‑affective disorder and had been in the Central Mental Hospital since…
2023-05-22 · Dublin
During a Central Criminal Court hearing on 22 May 2023, Christina Anderson's counsel argued that her moral culpability for stabbing Gareth Kelly was zero because she was in a psychotic episode caused by bipolar‑affective disorder. The State accepted that cannabis intoxication did not feature in the case. Anderson, 41, pleaded guilty to…
2022-12-20 · Dublin
The trial of Christina Anderson, 41, accused of murdering Gareth Kelly, 39, will resume after Christmas. Anderson, a mother of three from Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 22, is charged with stabbing Kelly five times as he tried to start his car outside her home on 25 February 2020. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The court heard…
2022-12-16 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court, a toxicologist, Dr Johann Grundlingh, testified that it is "extremely unlikely" Christina Anderson was still intoxicated from cannabis when she stabbed Gareth Kelly to death outside her home. He explained that cannabis effects typically last one to three hours and, given Anderson's last cigarette at about 10 pm the…
2022-12-15 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, aged 41, was charged with murdering Gareth Kelly, 39, who was stabbed five times on 25 February 2020 while attempting to start his car outside her home. In the Central Criminal Court, Dr Brenda Wright, a consultant psychiatrist, testified that Anderson was suffering a relapse of bipolar affective disorder and believed she was…
2022-12-13 · Dublin
In the trial of Christina Anderson, 41, accused of murdering Gareth Kelly, 39, a jury heard that Anderson's behaviour immediately after the stabbing was "very severely impaired." Dr Harry Wood, a forensic psychologist, testified that a traumatic event can distort memory and that heightened emotional states, such as mania or psychosis, can alter…
2022-12-12 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 41, of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 24, was charged with the murder of Gareth Kelly, 39, who died from stab wounds on the morning of 25 February 2020. In the Central Criminal Court, Anderson told a psychologist that she stabbed the man outside her home after seeing him and believing he was there to kill her. She said she…
2022-12-09 · Dublin
During the trial of Christina Anderson for the murder of Gareth Kelly, her husband Mark Anderson testified that the couple regularly consumed cannabis, spending €200‑€250 monthly. He admitted that two immature cannabis plants were found in a locked room upstairs when Gardaí arrived after the stabbing. Mark said the plants were his and that he had…
2022-12-07 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 41, of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 22, is charged with murdering Gareth Kelly, 39, who was stabbed five times on 25 February 2020 as he tried to start his car outside her home. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The trial, heard in the Central Criminal Court, focuses on whether her behaviour when she stabbed…
2022-12-06 · Dublin
Friends of Christina Anderson, a 41‑year‑old mother of three from Dublin, expressed deep concern about her mental state in the weeks leading up to the February 25, 2020, murder of Gareth Kelly, a 39‑year‑old man who was stabbed five times while attempting to start his car outside Anderson's home. Maria McCormick, a long‑time friend, reported…
2022-12-05 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 41, was feeding fruit to her baby when Gardaí arrived after she stabbed Gareth Kelly, 39, to death in a south Dublin housing estate car park on 25 February 2020. The Central Criminal Court heard that Anderson had been under a perceived threat from neighbours and believed criminals were targeting non‑criminals. A neighbour…
2022-12-02 · Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, Christina Anderson (41) of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 24, is charged with murdering her husband Gareth Kelly (39) after he parked his car in a space reserved for the Anderson household. Kelly was stabbed to death on 25 February 2020, with CCTV footage showing Anderson leaving her home, confronting…
2022-12-01 · Dublin
Christina Anderson, 39, of Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 24, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Gareth Kelly, 39, a father of seven. Kelly died from stab wounds after an incident at his estate on 25 February 2020. Anderson, wearing a black and yellow dress, was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court. The…
2022-06-27 · Dublin
A trial date has been set for Christina Anderson, 39, who is accused of murdering Gareth Kelly, 39, on 25 February 2020. Anderson will appear at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on 28 November. Mr Justice Paul McDermott fixed the date and ordered the case to return for case management and updates on 22 July. Anderson is charged with murder…
2020-12-01 · Dublin
A trial date has been set for 38‑year‑old Christina Anderson, a mother of three, who is accused of murdering Garreth Kelly, 39, who died from stab wounds after an incident at Brownsbarn Estate, Kingswood, Co Dublin, on the morning of 25 February. Mr Justice Paul Coffey scheduled the trial for 7 March 2022 at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.…