Drug user thought he was Jesus Christ and wanted to kill 'the devil' during attempted murder

Accused pleads guilty to trying to murder his flatmate in prolonged knife attack after initially telling gardaí he was acting in self-defence

The accused possessed a 'mad strength', the court was told.

A man who attempted to murder his flatmate in a prolonged knife attack across two apartments had consumed such a high quantity of drugs he believed he was Jesus Christ and wanted to kill the devil, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Defence counsel for Polish national Dominik Biber, aged 25, of Ellen St, Limerick, said such was the “mad strength” demonstrated by the accused that when the victim, Tomasz Grosser, 60, squeezed his testicles as hard as he could in an effort to stop the attack, it had no effect.