Two forensic psychiatrists have told the murder trial of Saverio Bellante that he fulfills the criteria of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Witness for the DPP, Dr Stephen Monks said Mr Bellante was suffering from schizophrenia, and in the grips of acute psychosis, at the time he killed Tom O’Gorman, in January 2014.
The 36 year old Italian has admitted killing Mr O’Gorman using a knife and a dumbbell at Beechpark Avenue in Castleknock.
Speaking for the defence, Dr Conor O’Neill said that Mr Bellante did not know what he was doing was wrong because he believed Mr O’Gorman was the devil.
Dr O’Neill said that Mr Bellante was so mentally unwell after he was arrested that he had to be admitted to the Central Mental Hospital, where he remains today.
The trial will resume tomorrow.
