Man accused of dropping baby from bridge 'convinced he and his son would destroy the world' Father 'thought baby was the devil'

Mr Kevin Moy, 32, apparently believed he himself was the anti-Christ

and had to stop his son doing ''terrible things''.

A jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard the former laboratory

technician was convinced he and his son would destroy the world with a

super virus and were responsible for the Gulf War.

The court heard that his wife Eileen and other friends stopped him

from jumping over the parapet after his son, who died in hospital next

day.

Only two weeks earlier, Mr Moy had attended the birth of his son

Eoghan but later was said to have thought a birth mark on the baby's

head had been put there by the devil.

Mr Moy was also allegedly influenced by the ''devil number'' six. His

son was born on September 26 and his bank-card number was 666, the mark

of the beast, and sixes occurred in his lawyer's phone number.

The jury was told Mr Moy, of Alexander Street, Dumbarton, admitted to

police and psychiatrists what he had done.

However, his defence counsel Mr Kevin Drummond, QC, told the court Mr

Moy was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the

offence.

Mr Moy denies that on October 10 last year he threw his son over a

bridge at Overtoun Burn, near Milton, Dumbarton, injuring him so

severely he died in hospital next day and that he murdered him.

Mr Craig Scott, prosecuting, said the Crown and the defence were

agreed that Mr Moy threw his son from the bridge while on a visit to the

area with his wife Eileen.

It was also agreed the accused then tried to throw himself over the

bridge, and that he was ''pale and shaking and that his eyes were

glazed'', and that shortly afterwards he tried to cut his wrists.

The prosecution and the defence also agreed that during a

tape-recorded interview that night Mr Moy admitted dropping his son from

the parapet.

Asked why he had done it, Mr Moy had replied: ''Because over the past

few days I came to believe I was the anti-Christ and my son was the

devil and the two of us had to be stopped or something terrible would

happen to everyone because of me and my baby. My intention was to finish

it.''

Mr Moy admitted during the interview that his wife had her back to him

when he dropped their baby and knew nothing about what he was going to

do.

The court heard that around 1988 Mr Moy developed ME, a viral

disorder, and his mental health appeared to deteriorate from then.

Consultant psychiatrist John Baird, 47, said he examined Mr Moy twice

and formed the view he was insane at the time of the offence and was

suffering from a severe mental illness and from an alienation of reason.

When he saw the accused last on December 29, he was still suffering

from a severe mental illness but his opinion was he was sane and fit to

plead.

Questioned by Mr Drummond, Dr Baird said he thought Mr Moy's illness

could be controlled by treatment in a mental hospital.

Consultant psychiatrist Thomas White, of Carstairs State Hospital,

said that Mr Moy believed if he did not kill himself and his baby the

world would be destroyed by them.

He said Mr Moy did not appreciate the ''wrongfulness of his actions''

at the time of the offence.

Mr White added that the accused was now sane and fit to plead but

needed treatment in a mental hospital.

The psychiatrist said that Mr Moy's marriage had been ''happy'' and

that he and his wife had looked forward to the birth of their baby.

The trial before Lord Mayfield continues.