Julian Cuddihy pleads not guilty to parents' murder

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Julian Cuddihy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his parents before the Central Criminal Court, reported on 7 June 2016. The court heard the killings happened at the family home in Donegal in October 2014.

The prosecution said Cuddihy admits killing Kathleen and James Cuddihy, but the jury must decide his mental state at the time. Forensic psychiatrists for both sides are expected to give evidence that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. He has received treatment at the Central Mental Hospital since his arrest.