A man who raped a random woman while armed with a meat cleaver after breaking into her apartment has been cleared of criminal responsibility.
A court was previously told there was no dispute the 37-year-old committed the acts, but that he was under the delusion he was in a video game at the time. Appearing as a witness for the prosecution, Professor David Greenberg told the court Mirza thought the incident in which he raped the woman was part of "the game", that they were both players in it, and he had no control over his actions.
Psychiatrist for the defence, Dr Adam Martin, told the court Mirza reported smoking cannabis on a daily basis and drinking a large amount of alcohol in the period leading up to his offending.
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