一名患有精神病的爱尔兰男子于2022年因患有偏执妄想症而精神失常,因此被宣告无罪,他于2022年杀害了自己的父亲。 A mentally ill Irish man was acquitted of killing his father in 2022, citing insanity due to paranoid delusions.

一名31岁的爱尔兰男子Ross O'Rourke因在中央刑事法院审判后精神失常于2022年10月谋杀其父亲而被判无罪。 A 31-year-old Irish man, Ross O'Rourke, was found not guilty of murdering his father in October 2022 by reason of insanity after a Central Criminal Court trial. 陪审团只审议了29分钟,同意O'Rourke患有精神-情感紊乱症,由于偏执妄想症,无法理解刺伤其父亲18次的不法性。 The jury, deliberating for just 29 minutes, agreed that O'Rourke, suffering from schizo-affective disorder, was unable to understand the wrongfulness of stabbing his father 18 times due to paranoid delusions. 控方和辩方精神科医生都证实 他相信他父亲与爱尔兰共和军有联系 并给他发了死亡信息 Both prosecution and defense psychiatrists confirmed he believed his father was linked to the IRA and had sent him coded death messages. O'Rourke曾有过心理健康问题的历史,在袭击后住院,在中央精神病医院接受长期精神病治疗,他在那里表现出部分改善。 O'Rourke, who had a history of mental health issues, was hospitalized after the attack and remains in long-term psychiatric care at the Central Mental Hospital, where he has shown partial improvement. 法官对受害者家属表示同情,并免除陪审团的进一步服务。 The judge expressed sympathy for the victim’s family and exempted the jury from further service. 判决是根据2006年《爱尔兰刑法(不卫生)法》作出的。 The verdict followed Ireland’s Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006.