The parents of the deceased told the Central Criminal Court last week that it was "unacceptable" that someone so dangerous and known to mental health services was living just a few doors from their "defenceless" son. They said their son Jimmy had never had any contact with Mr McLaughlin before he "broke through Jimmy's front door and attacked him violently with a crow bar." Picture: CollinsIn a statement read to the court on their behalf they said: "To discover that someone so dangerous was living just a few doors down the road and known to mental health services in Sligo is totally unacceptable." “He continued his medication following his admission but it did not have the adequate response so he commenced on Olanzapine,” explained Dr Linehan. The witness said she assessed Mr McLaughlin on July 11 and did not find evidence of a mood disorder and he had denied felling depressed.

Source: Irish Independent July 16, 2019 12:00 UTC