Perth medical student found not guilty of father’s killing on grounds of insanity
A Perth medical student, David Moussa, has been found not guilty of killing his father and attacking his stepmother on the grounds of insanity after a Supreme Court judge determined he was suffering from psychosis at the time of the offenses. Moussa, who admitted to the acts, believed he was part of a government research project and falsely thought he had been abused as a child. The judge ruled that Moussa was not criminally responsible due to his mental state.
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