Paul Henry appealed murder acquittal at Court of Appeal

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Paul Henry appealed his murder acquittal at the Court of Appeal, reported on 6 March 2015; judgment was reserved. He had been acquitted by reason of insanity after his mother was killed at The Spinney, Abbeystown, Roscommon, in September 2011.

Henry was seeking a retrial so he could plead guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and receive a fixed sentence. The Director of Public Prosecutions opposed the appeal, while the court considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear an appeal against an insanity acquittal.