James Kilroy (51) has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his wife Valerie French Kilroy
James Kilroy, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, who has been charged with the murder of his wife, Valerie French Kilroy.A park ranger who said he was “on a mission from god” when he killed his wife was likely to have been suffering from drug-induced psychosis after many years of cannabis use, a psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court.
Having interviewed Mr Kilroy and studied notes from other psychiatrists and interviews Mr Kilroy gave at the time, he concluded that Mr Kilroy was suffering from drug-induced psychosis and qualifies for the special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity under the Criminal Law Act 2006.
However, he said it would not be reasonable to expect Mr Kilroy would have anticipated that by using cannabis he would become so mentally disordered that he would kill his wife.He was likely, Dr Mullaney said, to have suffered significant impairment in his mental function and to have been deprived of his ability to regulate his emotions.
He concluded that Mr Kilroy believed his wife was planning to have him tortured and killed and therefore did not know that killing her was wrong and was unable to refrain from killing her. The doctor said Mr Kilroy meets the criteria for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Dr Mullaney said people can be self-serving and he would always keep that in mind but it “doesn’t automatically necessitate a default position that someone is misleading.”
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