Autistic man tried to kill sister because she was carrying "Dublin baby", jury hears

A 33-year-old autistic man from County Kilkenny has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with attempting to murder his pregnant sister in Dublin in April 2016. The accused has pleaded not guilty, though a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity is available to the jury. Prosecution evidence indicates the man stabbed his sister multiple times in the back at her home in Knocklyon after arriving…