Jury unanimously convicts Valerie French Kilroy's husband of murder, rejecting insanity defence

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has unanimously convicted James Kilroy of murdering his wife Valerie French Kilroy at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, in June 2019. The verdict came after the jury of eight women and four men deliberated for approximately two hours, rejecting the defence argument that Kilroy was suffering cannabis-induced psychosis at the time of the killing. The conviction…