Garda murder accused Stephen Silver has shown a "pattern of self-dramatizing behaviour" to bring about confrontations and negotiations with gardai, a consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court.
Professor Harry Kennedy told Mr Silver's trial that in previous encounters with gardai during his history of involuntary admissions to psychiatric units Mr Silver displayed behaviours that are not features of typical bipolar disorder.
He added: "They are angry and confrontational and dramatic. What happens in the course of mental illness is that ordinary personality features are exaggerated... that’s a product not of illness but of underlying personality."
