Man accused of Tom O’Gorman murder committed to Central Mental Hospital

Saverio Bellante has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital for an indefinite period – after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O’Gorman last month.

Man accused of Tom O’Gorman murder committed to Central Mental Hospital

Saverio Bellante has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital for an indefinite period – after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O’Gorman last month.

The 36-year-old Sicilian admitted killing his landlord in January of 2014 at the house they shared in Castleknock in Dublin, but doctors were agreed that he was in the grip of an acute psychotic episode on the night in question.

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