Killer not guilty by reason of insanity

The jury in the trial of an Italian man who admitted killing his landlord and eating his body parts in Castleknock last year have found him not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Saverio Bellante, aged 36, with an address at Beech Park Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15, was charged with murdering Thomas O’Gorman at an unknown time between January 11, 2014, and January 12, 2014, at the above address.

Last Monday at the Central Criminal Court Mr Bellante pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr O’Gorman.