Garda murderer claims psychiatric evidence contradicted legal test for insanity

Stephen Silver has appealed his conviction for the murder of Garda Colm Horkan, shot eleven times with his own service weapon in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020. Silver's legal team contends that psychiatric evidence presented at trial by the State contradicted the proper legal test for insanity under the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006. Defence counsel argued that Silver's mental illness substantially…