Slashing The Neck Of A Woman Because She 'got A Whisper' From A Metallica Member, This Man Was Declared Innocent

JAKARTA - Jai Penning, the man who slashed a woman's throat after admitting to hearing the voice of a Metalica member was found not guilty of attempted murder. According to ABC News, the man from Australia is suffering from mental health.

Penning, 27, believes he 'got a whisper' from vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, along with the devil, when he attacked a 30-year-old woman at Parabanks Shopping Center, in Salisbury in Adelaide, July 2018.

He reportedly suffered from psychosis due to schizophrenia that was resistant to treatment at the time of the attack. In his system also found substances containing cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines.

On Wednesday, July 22, local time, Supreme Court Judge Sam Doyle found Penning not guilty of attempted murder.

The judge said Penning had hallucinations for a long time, including hearing voices he said came from Hetfield and Ulrich.

"(These voices) persuaded him to take his own life but before doing so, they instead encouraged him to carry out the attack he was carrying out," Judge Doyle said.

"The place and victims of the attacks are basically random."

Penning will continue to undergo rehabilitation at a mental health facility.