一名美国男子对在爱尔兰杀害其父亲表示无罪,他声称因精神疾病而精神失常。 A U.S. man pleads not guilty to killing his father in Ireland, claiming insanity due to mental illness.

31岁的美国公民亨利·麦高温 (Henry McGowan) 已在2024年11月12日在爱尔兰劳伊斯县一家五星级酒店杀害了66岁的父亲约翰·麦高温 (John McGowan),并表示他没有因精神分裂症复发而承担刑事责任. Henry McGowan, 31, a US citizen, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his father, John McGowan, 66, at a five-star hotel in County Laois, Ireland, on November 12, 2024, claiming he was not criminally responsible due to a psychotic episode from a schizoaffective disorder relapse. 检察官说,在抵达旅馆后不久,他赤手空拳地用泳池旁的隔间勒死他的父亲,详细描述了这一行为。 Prosecutors say he strangled his father with his bare hands in a poolside cubicle shortly after arriving at the hotel, describing the act in detail. 尽管被联合王国警察标记为受关注的人,爱尔兰当局在他抵达都柏林机场时未能找到他的下落,他在那里丢弃了他的行李、电话和护照。 Despite being flagged by UK police as a person of concern, Irish authorities failed to locate him upon his arrival at Dublin Airport, where he discarded his luggage, phone, and passport. 他第二天早上在板牙医院寻求帮助,报告了精神健康问题。 He sought help at Mater Hospital the next morning, reporting mental health issues. 控方和辩方精神科医生都同意 他认为受害者是个冒牌货 Both prosecution and defense psychiatrists agree he believed the victim was an imposter. 都柏林中央刑事法院的审判仍在继续, 以精神失常为由判处无罪, The trial at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court continues, with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity a possible outcome.