Son who murdered mother while high on drugs fails in conviction appeal

A Castlebar man has failed in his appeal against a murder conviction at the Court of Appeal following the fatal stabbing of his mother in March 2011. The appellant, who was 22 years old at the time of the killing, had admitted manslaughter but maintained his not guilty plea to murder. A jury at the Central Criminal Court unanimously rejected his defence arguments and convicted him of murder in February 2014…