Alleged murderer killed man 'because he was the devil'

A Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears because he thought he was the devil has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

Alleged murderer killed man 'because he was the devil'

A Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears because he thought he was the devil has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

Thomas Connors (aged 25), of Manor Court, Mount Argos, Harold’s Cross, had sought medical help on three occasions in the days before he killed Michael Hughes and was waiting to taken from Saint Vincent’s Hospital to Saint James’ by ambulance to be admitted when he absconded.

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