A woman was undergoing a psychotic episode when she stabbed a stranger to death has been given an eight-year prison sentence by a judge at the Central Criminal Court
A WOMAN WHO was undergoing a psychotic episode when she stabbed a stranger to death has been given an eight-year prison sentence by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.
Anderson had never met Gareth Kelly when she approached him and stabbed him five times while he tried to start his car outside her home in the early morning of 25 February, 2020.She was initially charged with murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. In January this year, more than one month into her trial, the Director of Public Prosecutions accepted a plea of guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility due to a mental disorder.
Diminished responsibility Passing sentence today, Ms Justice Karen O’Connor said that the offence fell into the most serious category but for the fact that Anderson’s responsibility is diminished by her mental condition. Michael O’Higgins SC, for Anderson, told a sentencing hearing last month that while his client’s actions were horrendous, she was suffering delusions brought on by bipolar affective disorder.
There was, he said, evidence that she had become paranoid and delusional regarding what she falsely believed to be a criminal conspiracy involving her neighbours, gardaí and senior politicians including former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
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