Woman found not guilty by insanity over child murder kept on bail

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A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her daughter remained on bail at the Central Criminal Court on 24 October 2019.

The court heard that no bed was available at the Central Mental Hospital for the psychiatric assessment ordered after the verdict. The woman, who cannot be named by court order, was remanded on continuing bail until the following morning while the HSE sought a place in the hospital’s female-patient capacity.