A Kilkenny psychiatrist who drowned her daughter in the bath of their home has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
The jury of nine women and three men took only 21 minutes to reach its verdict after it was sent out by Mr Justice Paul Carney at 12.45pm.
Lynn Gibbs (47) was charged with the murder of her daughter Ciara (16) between 11pm on November 25th, 2006 and 10am the next day.
Lynn Gibbs: admitted killing her daughter at their Kilkenny home
The psychiatrist from Killure in Gowran, Co Kilkenny, had pleaded not guilty to murdering her daughter but admited her killing.
Dr Gibbs drowned her teenage daughter in a bath before taking an overdose of sleeping tablets and anti-depressants, the Central Criminal Court was told
yesterday. She told investigators she believed there was no hope for herself nor her daughter Ciara, who she feared was anorexic.
The jury was urged by both prosecution and defence to return a verdict of not guilty by insanity.
The details of the lead-up to Ciara's murder and Dr Gibbs's family and mental history were put before the court in Dublin yesterday, with consultant psychiatrists in agreement she should be kept in secure psychiatric care but not be held responsible for her daughter's killing.
After today's verdict she was committed back to the Central Mental Hospital for further treatment.