A teenager was "acting on paranoid delusions" when he killed a fellow mental health inpatient, believing the victim was going to "assassinate" him.
In November 2022, Dusko Culibrk, 38, was killed in the adult mental health unit at Canberra Hospital.
On Tuesday, Aleu Mapiou was found not guilty by reason of mental impairment to one count of murder, and preventing the carrying out of a forensic procedure.