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Wed 07 Jul 2008Paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed doctor not guilty by reason of insanity
A JURY has found a paranoid schizophrenic "not guilty by reason of insanity" of stabbing his consultant psychiatrist in the stomach, leaving him with life-threatening injuries that required emergency surgery.
Gavin Francis (26), Earls Cliff, Ceannchor Road, Howth, had pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing Dr Michael McDonagh serious harm on September 19th, 2006.
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