Mum of 3 found dead on floor of campervan

Husband denies murder by reason of insanity 

- ALISON O'RIORDAN

GARDAI found the body of a mum-of-three lying on the floor of a campervan with a child's car seat over her face, a murder trial has heard.

An officer also told the Central Criminal Court jury yesterday that Valerie French Kilroy's three children were discovered in their rural home hungry and "very dehydrated".

One child requested Kellogg's Coco Pops, which the Garda witness went out to buy.

Park ranger James Kilroy, 49, is charged with murdering 41-year-old occupational therapist Ms French Kilroy at their home on a date unknown between June 13, 2019 and June 14, 2019, both dates inclusive.

He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Patrick Gageby SC, defending Kilroy, with an address at Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has made a number of formal admissions to the court on behalf of his client including that he killed his wife Valerie.

The trial has already heard that Kilroy demonstrated to gardai in interview how he had killed his wife and at one point sketched the knife he had used.