A man who was found in a toilet in an enclosed monastery has been found guilty by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of trespass.
Shane Hempenstall (29), Finglas Wood Road, Finglas west, was remanded on continuing bail by Judge Joseph Matthews for sentence later.
The jury convicted him by an 11-1 majority of trespassing in a manner that could cause fear at the Redemptoristine Nuns of St Alphonsus monastery in Drumcondra.
Judge Matthews said he wanted to hear full details of medical care for Hempenstall at the next hearing.
Dr Damien Mohan, a consultant psychiatrist, said Hempenstall had been diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia.
His illness was further exacerbated by his regular cannabis resin abuse. Dr Mohan, a defence witness, said that as a result Hempenstall had "disordered thinking, emotion and judgment, and would perceive people to be persecuting him or be excessively suspicious".
He would also hear voices, his judgment would be impaired and he would have difficulty distinguishing between reality and non-reality.
Dr Mohan said he had five hospital inpatient admissions since his mid-teens.
When he treated him in mid-April 2004, some four months before the offence, he was "vague, guarded, found it difficult to engage with people and unable to take care of himself".
Hempenstall was discharged later that month and was cared for by mental illness services in the community.
Dr Mohan said it would be "inappropriate" for him to comment on Hempenstall's behaviour in August 2004 as he had had no dealings with him after April.