on a three-night stay in the Presidential Suite of the Plaza Hotel in New York.
After his guilty plea today, Liverpool Crown Court heard how Blackwell, a straight-A student described as “exemplary” by his former teachers, suffered from NPD, a clinically recognised mental illness.
The disorder made Blackwell obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, power and brilliance. He created a web of lies about his life, including claiming he was a professional tennis player, and funded his fantasies by applying for 13 credit cards in his father’s name. […]
He was charged with murder and was due to stand trial earlier this week. However, prosecutors dropped the charge and accepted his guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after a team of five experts reached a diagnosis of NPD.
It can’t be long before murderers plead reduced responsibility on the grounds that they’re psychopaths.
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