Brazilian national, Diego Costa Silva, who cut his wife’s head off after experiencing hallucinations that she was going to harm him has been found not guilty of her murder by way of insanity.
A jury at the the Central Criminal Court returned the verdict after being instructed to find Costa Silva not guilty by way of insanity due to medical evidence which showed he had been suffering from cannabis induced psychosis when he killed Fabiole Camara De Campos, at the couple’s home in Dublin on the 4th of November 2021.
Gript reported on the final day of the trial yesterday details of two consultant psychiatrists who said that psychosis had led Diego Costa Silva to believe that his wife was possessed by a serpent and was going to harm him.
After beating De Campos on the head with a mug, strangling, and stabbing her, Costa Silva removed her head to “make sure” that the ‘serpent’ was dead, the Court heard.
Both psychiatrists agreed that his psychosis was not due to acute intoxication of cannabis, but a more persistent illness of cannabis-induced psychosis.
The accused displayed psychotic symptoms eleven days after he was arrested and detained in connection with his wife’s death.
Reporting on the trial for Gript, Maria Maynes wrote: Speaking before the trial, Dr Brenda Wright and Dr Mark Joynt said that cannabis-induced psychosis is classified a mental disorder under the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006. They agreed that as a result of the disorder, Mr Costa Silva did not understand the nature and quality of his actions, and was not aware that what he was doing was wrong.
Fabiole Camara De Campos was 32-years-old and had come to Ireland five years before her death.
Daniela Loyarte, who knew De Campos Silva for twenty years, described her as “amazing,” and said she was “a blessed girl and so devoted to God.”
“Fabiole was very loved by all her knew her,” Loyarte said, adding: “A very sensible person, fearing God, honest, a good listener, and [she] would do anything for anyone.”
“Fabiole was an amazing woman – strong, very dedicated, passionate, and the best sister friend I had,” adding that the Brazilian native was “a special friend, special sister, and special daughter.” At the time of her death, Fabiole wanted to save money to buy a house in the future and build a family.
Her family and friends in Sao Paulo said at the time that they were “immensely grateful” for support as they asked “that everyone continue to pray for our dearly and eternal friend’s soul.”
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That is nuts. A man murders and decapitates a woman because he voluntarily put drugs in his system which are illegal and he gets away with it. Off scot free to do it all over again with no consequences. The judicial system has reached a new low and that jury should hang their heads in shame.
He will be in a mental hospital untill several doctors certify him as being now sane. I doubt he will be walking around free for a very long time to come.
I wish that it were true but if he is deemed to no longer be suffering from psychosis then there is no legal reason that they can hold him. And you can be sure his legal team will be making that exact point. To be honest I would not be surprised if he was not walking around a free man as we speak.
PS Also if he was still mentally ill he could not have been put on trial due to reason of his mental incapacity.
I dont know about that james because what treatment can you give for a dodgy batch of hash yunno. That was the verdict after all, he was only nuts because of the hash and a wonderful guy other than that. His treatment will be ‘lay off the hash now fella and off you go, theres a good lad’.
There’s not enough societal discussion about *why* people feel the need to take these drugs, and how to prevent that. The “conversation” is all about telling us to just accept that they do.
Sorry Brendan, I forgot the aul do as I say not as I do. If he was Irish he would definitely been sentenced to the usual 5 years out after two.
And what next for Irish society? – we are set to legalise personal use of a substance that, by medical testimony, can cause you to chop off people’s heads. The progress continues…
Read Peter Hitchins about cannabis use. It really does drive some people to violent insanity.
It is the system that is insane. Deport this criminal immediately.
It is not the “system”. It is simply cowardice of politicians failing to do their duty, and voters rewarding them with more votes despite their failures.
OK, I know he’s not and EU citizen, but still:
” Deportation of EU citizens or their family members
EU citizens and their family members may be deported on grounds of national security; imperative grounds of public security; other grounds of public order or public security.
Deportation orders are issued by the Minister of the Interior or the competent Prefect, in compliance with the principle of proportionality, when the subject represents an actual, specific, sufficiently serious threat to public order or public security. The deportation order is notified to the interested party, and states how to appeal and the deadline by which they must leave the country voluntarily, which must not be less than one month from the date of notification but which, in cases of proven urgency, may be reduced to 10 days. The order also states the length of the ban on re-entering the country. In some cases, where deportation is urgent because any further stay in the country is incompatible with safe and civil coexistence, an order will be issued for forcible accompaniment of the deportee to the border.”
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Gript does not like links. Search for “Deportation of EU citizens or their family members” and “Italy”.
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Deportation IS possible, provided the Gov lives up to its Constitutional responsibility to enforce the law and protect citizens rights.
He did make a choice to take an illegal substance though. And he must have taken am absolutely enormous amount of cannabis to induce a psychotic episode.
It’s not LSD, acid or mushrooms where small amounts could trigger a psychosis. With cannabis you would need to take enormous amounts for that to happen.
Sounds like a re-trial would be appropriate
My partner is from Sao Paulo. This type of violence is very typical in parts of Brazil. By not punishing the most extreme crimes, Ireland is sending a message that psychos and violent criminals are going to have it easy here. The man should be locked up for life.