Derek Mulligan committed to Central Mental Hospital after insanity verdict

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A Central Criminal Court jury found Derek Mulligan not guilty by reason of insanity on all five counts, including the murder of his grandfather Derek Burns. The jury accepted psychiatric evidence that Mulligan was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when Burns was killed.

The court ordered Mulligan committed to the Central Mental Hospital for treatment and directed that he return before the court on 31 March. A later report said he continued to suffer from a mental disorder and had been committed to the hospital for treatment.