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Paul Clarke, who killed two men in three weeks, given special verdict

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Paul Clarke killed a 70-year-old grandfather with a baseball bat during a home invasion at Chittaway Bay and then three weeks later killed another inmate at Silverwater Correctional Centre. The special hearing was held under section 31 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act. Both defence and prosecution psychiatric experts agreed Clarke was suffering an impairment at the time of both killings. Justice Stephen Rothman AM entered two special verdicts of act proven but not criminally responsible.

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Paul Clarke, who killed two men in three weeks, given special verdict

Clarke was known colloquially on the Central Coast as "the running man".

·Newcastle, Australia
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Newcastle Herald broke the news in Newcastle, Australia on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
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