Man banned from Ireland for 20 years unfit to plead after allegedly breaching order
Matthew Notman, of Laburnum House, Laburnum Avenue, Kirkby in Nottingham in the UK was not well enough to attend at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, his barrister Paula McCarthy told Judge Helen Boyle.
Prosecution barrister Brendan Kelly called Dr Dearbhla Duffy, a consultant forensic psychiatrist at the Central Mental Hospital, to give evidence by video link at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
Dr Duffy confirmed that due to his present condition the accused was not in a position to plead guilty or not guilty to the charge against him.
The 2022 court order that Mr Notman was charged with breaching required him to stay out of Ireland for 20 years and not to communicate directly or indirectly with a woman living in west Cork.
The allegation is was that Mr Notman communicated with the woman on Facebook Messenger on November 13 and 14, 2024, and entered Ireland by ferry on November 10, 2024.
He was admitted to the hospital earlier this year following an acute psychotic episode characterised by grandiose delusions where he was of the belief that he was the 'King of Ireland' returning to make the woman 'the Queen of Ireland'.
While the defence barrister Ms McCarthy said her client intended to enter a guilty plea, Judge Boyle was satisfied that he was not presently fit to plead.
The accused will continue to receive treatment at the Central Mental Hospital until he is deemed fit to be discharged.
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