A judge has ordered that a man who plotted to kill a prosecutor while claiming to be suffering from delusions that he was “evil Jesus” be moved to a medium secure mental health unit ahead of his sentencing in May.
It's unsure whether the belief of an 'evil Jesus' was directed at the almost-victim, or if that's what he himself believes about himself.
If the latter, he must be kicking himself to have picked a delusuion the courts and society doesn't bow down to...
Martin Ready, 42, was found guilty of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty by using cryptocurrency to pay for a hitman on the dark web following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last year.Between May 2021 and September 2022, Ready paid £5,071.24 in Bitcoin and sent instructions for Mr Harty to be shot on a dark website called Online Killers Market, which turned out to be fraudulent.
That's clear premeditation, so it's surprising he attempted an insanity defence.
Ready denied the charge and lodged a special defence of lacking criminal responsibility, but was convicted and remanded in custody at HMP Barlinnie. On Tuesday at the High Court in Kilmarnock, judge Lady Hood issued an interim compulsion order requiring Ready to be moved to the Rowanbank Clinic medium secure unit in Glasgow ahead of his sentencing.
Where, further down the line, he'll no doubt be released as 'cured' and this time, might decide to DIY....
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