Bijan Afshar committed after not guilty murder verdict

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Bijan Afshar was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and committed to the Central Mental Hospital, reported on 27 May 2016.

The Central Criminal Court heard that he killed his mother at her home in Deepdales, Bray, County Wicklow, in June 2014.

A jury delivered the unanimous verdict after less than one hour of deliberation.

Justice Isobel Kennedy directed that Afshar be examined by an approved medical officer regarding his condition and treatment.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.