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<p>Ante Brekalo broke into the CIT College of Art building at Grand Parade "to escape through a portal within the art gallery building". File photo: Darragh Kane</p>

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Man acquitted by reason of insanity for breaking into Cork college to 'escape fires of hell'
A Croatian national who broke into a building in Cork to find a portal to safety from the fires of hell was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
<p>He was also accused of breaking into the CIT College of Art building at Grand Parade on April 27, 2020. File photo: Darragh Kane</p>

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Assault case hears man believed he could escape fires of hell through portal in Cork college
60-year-old man found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his neighbour

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60-year-old man found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his neighbour
Garda who harrassed his Sergeant found not guilty by reason of insanity

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Garda who harrassed his Sergeant found not guilty by reason of insanity
Galway man trialled for murdering his brother committed to Central Mental Hospital

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Galway man trialled for murdering his brother committed to Central Mental Hospital
Man accused of trying to murder his grandmother found not guilty by reason of insanity

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Man accused of trying to murder his grandmother found not guilty by reason of insanity
No capacity left for those not guilty by insanity, court told
No capacity left for those not guilty by insanity, court told

The State's only designated facility for assessing and treating people found not guilty through “insanity” has just a fraction of the capacity required for inpatients, a court has heard.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2015

Mother who shot children: Insanity defence rejected
Mother who shot children: Insanity defence rejected

A Florida mother who shot her two teenage children in the head says she knows what she did — but not why she did it.

Sat, 17 May, 2014

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