Court hears hallucination may have sparked knife attack in Dublin

A man broke into a home and held a knife to the 65-year-old occupant’s throat because he mistakenly thought someone had “given him the finger” from the window, a court has heard.

Court hears hallucination may have sparked knife attack in Dublin

A man broke into a home and held a knife to the 65-year-old occupant’s throat because he mistakenly thought someone had “given him the finger” from the window, a court has heard.

James McGuire (aged 27) had been mixing alcohol and prescription medication when he believed he saw someone in an upstairs window making a rude gesture to him.

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