Ian Harman pleads guilty to manslaughter in Cavan case

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Ian Harman pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court on 18 July 2014, after denying murder. The offence occurred at the psychiatric unit of Cavan General Hospital in Lisdarn, where Michael Treanor died in June 2011.

Harman was remanded in custody for sentencing on 6 October 2014. The prosecution accepted the plea under the diminished-responsibility provisions of the Criminal Law Insanity Act.