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Jury takes just 29 minutes to find man not guilty of murdering 'soft-hearted' father by reason of insanity

Jury takes just 29 minutes to find man not guilty of murdering 'soft-hearted' father by reason of insanity

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Ross O'Rourke, with a previous address in Tullow, Carlow, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his father, Stefan Nivelle Posschier

31-year-old man told grandmother he had killed her son when she was in hospital

31-year-old man told grandmother he had killed her son when she was in hospital

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Ross O’Rourke (31), with a previous address in Tullow, Carlow, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his father, Mr Posschier (65).