Irish Gardaí charged an Italian man with murder after a dispute over a chess move ended in his opponent’s death—and with his heart being EATEN.
Saverio Bellante, 34, of Castlenock, was accused of murdering Thomas O’Gorman, 39, with whom he shared an address, reports Sunday World.
According to police, details of O’Gorman’s death are “too horrific to release”, but they said he was beaten and stabbed—and that Bellante told them he was guilty.
The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, however, reports that the killing had a “ritualistic” aspect, but gives no details beyond that his throat was cut and that “other parts of his body were attacked.”
The Irish Independent claims that after killing Gorman, Ballente ate his victim’s heart — and that police are unable to locate one of the victim’s lungs.
Judge David McHugh ordered a medical assessment of Bellante, who will remain in custody until a Jan. 17 hearing. The stabbing occurred just before 2 a.m. in the west Dublin neighborhood; gardaí say that alcohol was not a factor in the incident.