Richard McLaughlin committed after murder acquittal

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Richard McLaughlin was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and committed to the Central Mental Hospital following proceedings at the Central Criminal Courts of Justice on 9 July 2019.

He attacked Jimmy Loughlin with a crowbar at Loughlin’s home on Connolly Street, Sligo, on 24 February 2018.

The Irish Post reported the verdict and commitment on 24 February 2021, the third anniversary of Loughlin’s death.

The report said McLaughlin was suffering delusions linked to paranoid schizophrenia when he carried out the attack.