In March this year, a Whanganui grandmother, Lorraine Smith, killed her teenage granddaughter, Kalis. Smith pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison. Her case is one ...

A man accused of the murder of a nine-year-old girl "has a defence of diminished responsibility", a psychiatrist told a jury. Lilia Valutyte was playing outside a shop where her mother was working in ...

IN recent times, there has been an increase in discussions around mental health and mental illness. Significant public interest and concerns have raised questions in relation to how these topics ...

A short Handout and questions on the law on Diminished Responsibility written by an experienced examiner of Law and delivered to my own students across many cohorts and students. This 7-page Handout ...

A 34-year-old woman who was described as a loving mother was stabbed to death by her ‘on/off’ partner in what was described as a brutal tragedy and now he has been found not guilty of murder but ...

34-year-old Sharon Crean was stabbed multiple times by Seán Egan using a flick knife with a nine-centimeter blade in Co Laois Seán Egan was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork ...