Overview
- A 12-person jury has been sworn at the Central Criminal Court for a trial expected to run three days before Justice Paul McDermott.
- Prosecutors said two consultant psychiatrists will testify that the accused was suffering from a psychiatric illness at the time, with that diagnosis not disputed.
- In Garda interviews, Henry McGowan admitted strangling his father and said he told him he would always love him as he took his last breath.
- A post-mortem found John McGowan died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation and compression of the mouth.
- The court heard he had a prior bipolar diagnosis and that welfare concerns arose during travel in Paris and the UK before he reached Dublin and presented at the Mater Hospital.