Today's Terrible Judge: Ian Bourke

Alleged rapist so delusional he believed act was 'morally justified', court told and believed under Judge #IanBourke of #Sydney #australia. A man accused of raping a woman at knifepoint was so delusional at the time of his offending he believed the alleged attack was morally justified, a court has been told.
#KhateebullaMirza is accused of breaking into a random woman's apartment at #Auburn, in Sydney's western suburbs, and raping the occupant at knifepoint while recording the encounter on his phone.
In the hours leading up to the attack, #Mirza is also alleged to have indecently touched a woman's breast in the Inner West suburb of #Marrickville. A month earlier, the 38-year-old allegedly touched a woman on the backside outside a building in #Zetland, in the city's inner south.
Mirza pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including sexual touching without consent, aggravated sexual intercourse without consent and assault.
He is facing a judge-alone trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court after claiming a defence of mental impairment.
Today, crown witness and forensic psychiatrist #DavidGreenberg, who met with Mirza twice after the alleged crimes, told the court the 38-year-old truly believed he was being programmed to commit offences.
"All three offences in his mind were morally justified because he was in a game being programmed, that controlled his behaviour was justified even though it was legally wrong," he said.
Mirza was previously involuntarily hospitalised in a mental health unit, where he began taking anti-psychotic medication.

Sources:

Sophia McCaughan, "Alleged rapist so delusional", Senior, https://archive.ph/Rwwac#selection-1013.0-1057.121