4 d. ago Media coverage leads to State finding psychiatrist to assess mother charged with murder of son (6)

Lawyers for the State had unsuccessfully tried to attain the services of over ten psychiatrists before the Irish-born psychiatrist came forward.

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9 d. ago National: Kerry man given life sentence for murdering his mother

A 55-year-old man from Kerry has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the murder of… The post National: Kerry man given life sentence for murdering his mother appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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9 d. ago Kerry man sentenced to life imprisonment for 'violent' murder of his 'wonderful' mother

Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 75-year-old mother Miriam Burns

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9 d. ago Kerry man (55) sentenced to life in prison for murder of his ‘hardworking’ mother

Court hears Miriam Burns (75) always had ‘a big smile for everyone’ and was ‘always glamourous’

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9 d. ago Kerry man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 murder of his mother in Killarney

Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but a jury unanimously rejected that defence earlier this week.

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1 week ago Man charged with murder of Cork mother further remanded in custody

Mrs Gallagher, nee Griffin, was native of Ballinspittle in Co Cork.

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1 week ago Man charged with murder of his mother in Cork further remanded in custody

David Gallagher (25) of Shrewsbury Downs appears via video link at Cork District Court for second time

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1 week ago Billy Burns' jury rejects insanity defence and finds Kerry man guilty of murdering his mother

The trial heard that Billy Burns had been aggressive and violent towards his mother since he was a teenager, and on one occasion broke his mother's jaw.

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1 week ago Jury rejects insanity defence and finds Co Kerry man guilty of murdering his mother

Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Miriam Burns in 2022

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1 week ago Co Kerry man found guilty of murdering his mother (75) after jury rejects insanity defence

Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Miriam Burns in 2022

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1 week ago Co Kerry man found guilty of murdering mother (75) after jury rejects insanity defence

Billy Burns had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Miriam Burns in 2022

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1 week ago Kerry man convicted of murdering his mother as jury rejects insanity defence

Billy Burns, aged 55, strangled his mother to death at her home three years ago.

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2 w. ago Man (25) charged with murder of mother and assault of father in Cork

David Gallagher, with an address at Shrewsbury Downs, Ballinlough, Cork city, appeared before Cork District Court on Wednesday afternoon.

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3 w. ago Psychiatrists differ over insanity verdict in case of Kerry man who killed mother

Billy Burns (55) accepts killing but denies murdering his mother Miriam Burns (75) in August 2022

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3 w. ago Mother suffered years of abuse before her alleged murder in Killarney, court told

The jury heard that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), broke his mother's jaw in 1993 and often verbally abused her over the years

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3 w. ago Kerry man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his mother

Billy Burns (55) of Arlington Lodge, Tralee, is charged with murdering Miriam Burns (75), in August 2022.

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3 w. ago Kerry man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murder of his mother

Billy Burns charged with murder of his mother Miriam in Tralee in August 2022

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