A mentally ill murder accused whose family say he should be receiving treatment in the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) and not a remand prison is getting medical care equivalent to what he would get if living in the community, the High Court has been told. The man is awaiting trial on remand having been charged earlier this year with the murder of another man. The CMH in Dundrum, Dublin, is the State’s only facility for severely mentally ill people in the criminal justice system. Barry O’Donnell SC, for the director of the CMH, said it was clearly accepted the best place for him was the CMH. The man is receiving treatment in hospital from the CMH outreach team and by the in-house prison medical team, he said.

Source: The Irish Times November 30, 2020 19:30 UTC