Ex-Uruguay diplomat detained for killing London neighbor

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

By Associated Press
August 7 at 1:36 PM

LONDON — A former Uruguayan diplomat has been sent to a secure psychiatric facility for killing his London neighbor after a long-running dispute.

Enrique Facelli, who spent 18 years as cultural attache at Uruguay’s London embassy, was charged with the murder of Julian Aubrey, who lived in the same apartment building.

Prosecutors say Facelli stabbed the 55-year-old Aubrey 22 times in October 2017 after suffering delusions that his neighbor, a respected gay-rights campaigner, was a devil worshipper who wanted to kill him. Two psychiatric reports found that 49-year-old Facelli was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

Facelli denied murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/ex-uruguay-diplomat-detained-for-killing-london-neighbor/2018/08/07/61063a6c-9a68-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_story.html

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Julian Aubrey, left, was allegedly stabbed to death by Enrique Facelli

[sandensea]

1. Facelli was probably a rightwing Catholic - who, in Latin America, are obsessed with "the gay agenda

Accusing anyone who supports LGBT rights as being a "devil worshipper" is very common fare for the region's right-wingers - particularly those who belong to the ultraconservative Opus Dei sect (many government officials in right-wing Latin regimes do).

God speed to Julian Aubrey - and All the Best to his family.

[Nitram]

2. That's a good point, that a person's cultural background can strongly influence the manifestation of

their mental illness. It does not "explain" why it led to someone being stabbed 22 times.

[sandensea]

3. Right. It's an extreme example of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Like that neighbor or co-worker who's obviously not well, or (God bless them) that grandparent who's gone around the bend - and who become devoted to his Orangeness.

Cheeto's obviously not the cause of the illness; but he's more than happy to be the outlet.