Moire Bergin, who had previously been detained 16 times under the Mental Health Act, believed her mother was the devil, trial at Central Criminal Court toldA woman who stabbed her 76-year-old mother to death in the belief she was the devil just five days after she was released from psychiatric care has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
Moire Bergin , with an address at Seville Place in Dublin 1 had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of her elderly mother, Mary Bergin, in her home at First Avenue, Seville Place in Dublin 1 on April 13th, 2022.
The defendant’s mental health deteriorated significantly in the year leading up to the fatal stabbing with more frequent admissions to hospital. Ms Bergin had six psychiatric admissions to hospital between March 6th, 2021, and April 8th, 2022, and was last released from hospital five days before killing her mother.
A 999 call had been made by the deceased Mary Bergin hours before she was killed, seeking an ambulance for her daughter, who was naked in the back garden at the time. The jury of six men and six women spent one hour and seven minutes deliberating on Wednesday, before bringing in a unanimous verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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