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NOT GUILTY VERDICT IN MULLUM HIT AND RUN

The man accused of deliberately running over 60 year old Mullumbimby cyclist, John Foss has been found not guilty of murder on the grounds of insanity.

The court heard that 54 year old James Andrew Mitchell believed the victim was part of a conspiracy theory to kill him when he ran him over in January this year.

In handing down the verdict Justice Elizabeth Fullerton said she was satisfied that Mitchell was suffering from a schizophrenic disorder at the time of the incident.

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