Man who 'believed he was in the Matrix' found not guilty of girlfriend's murder by reason of insanity

"She struggled so hard, I knew I had to kill her, kill her, kill her,” he said.

Man who 'believed he was in the Matrix' found not guilty of girlfriend's murder by reason of insanity

A 34-year-old man who “believed he was in the Matrix” and strangled his girlfriend to death in order to save her, has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Oisin Conroy told gardaí there was a struggle in his mind "between the devil and Jesus" and that a voice came in his head saying he had to kill his then girlfriend Natalie McGuinness.

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