Man acquitted by reason of insanity for breaking into Cork college to 'escape fires of hell'

Ante Brekalo broke into the CIT College of Art building at Grand Parade "to escape through a portal within the art gallery building". File photo: Darragh Kane

A Croatian national who broke into a building in Cork to find a portal to safety from the fires of hell was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Shane Collins-Daly, solicitor, said the psychiatrist’s report that was presented in Cork District Court showed that he had paranoid schizophrenia and at the time of the offence was suffering from insanity within the meaning of the relevant legislation.