An Italian national who was diagnosed with schizophrenia believed killing his landlord and eating his victim’s heart would put an end to evil in the world, an inquest has heard.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court into the death of Tom O’Gorman at his family home in Dublin eight years ago heard evidence that his killer, Saverio Bellante, was suffering delusions at the time that he was God and on “a special mission against the forces of evil in the world”.
Mr O’Gorman, 39, a journalist and researcher with the Iona Institute, was killed by Bellante at his home on Beechpark Avenue, Castleknock in the early hours of January 12, 2014 after a row developed between the pair over a game of chess.
