Assault case hears man believed he could escape fires of hell through portal in Cork college

The Croatian national was found to have been not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of assault causing harm to a prison officer in Cork Prison

He was also accused of breaking into the CIT College of Art building at Grand Parade on April 27, 2020. File photo: Darragh Kane

A Croatian national who feared the fires of hell believed that his only possible portal to safety was through a lift in an art college building in Cork and yesterday he was found not guilty by reason of insanity on an assault charge.

27-year-old Ante Brekalo was found to have been not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of assault causing harm to a prison officer three years ago on March 20, 2018, in Cork Prison.