‘Gods and angels told me to kill off humanity’ man tells court

A man with schizophrenia who heard voices of gods and angels telling him to kill off humankind was found not guilty by reason of insanity for a serious assault on a housemate with an iron bar.

The jury took less than a quarter of an hour to deliver their unanimous verdict at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin then concluded: “I am satisfied he requires to be detained at Dundrum [Central Mental Hospital].”