Court archive
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2017-11-07 · Kilkenny City, Kilkenny
Gerard Dowling, 40, of Kilkenny, was committed to the Central Mental Hospital after stabbing 60‑year‑old Simon Bourke in a shopping centre. He was charged with attempted murder, assault and knife possession. A jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity on all charges. Justice Paul McDermott said the CMH is the appropriate place for his…
2017-10-26 · Kilkenny City, Kilkenny
In a four‑day trial at Kilkenny County Court, Gerard Dowling, aged 40, was charged with the attempted murder of 60‑year‑old Simon Bourke, assault causing harm, and possession of a knife. The jury, after 40 minutes of deliberation, returned a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Both the prosecution and defence agreed that Dowling…
2017-10-26 · Kilkenny City, Kilkenny
A jury will begin deliberating the trial of Gerard Dowling, 40, of Kilkenny, who stabbed Simon Burke, 60, in the head at Market Cross Shopping Centre on 13 July 2016. Dowling, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder, assault causing harm and producing a knife. The prosecution and…
2017-10-25 · Kilkenny
Gerard Dowling, aged 40, of The Sycamores, Freshford Road, Kilkenny, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder of 60‑year‑old Simon Burke at Market Cross Shopping Centre on 13 July 2016. He also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to assaulting Mr Burke and to producing a knife during the same incident. Dowling has a long…
2017-10-24 · Kilkenny City, Kilkenny
Gerard Dowling, 40, with paranoid schizophrenia, went to St Luke's Psychiatric Unit in Kilkenny City on the morning of 13 July 2016, claiming he could not speak to anyone. CCTV shows he entered at 10:08 and left at 10:22. Hours later he stabbed 60‑year‑old Simon Burke at Market Cross Shopping Centre. Dowling pleaded not guilty by reason of…