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A antheral who admitted to decapitating his dada and showing his father's severed caput connected YouTube has explained wherefore helium did it.
On 30 January, 2024, Philadelphia antheral Justin Mohn, 32 astatine the time, uploaded a YouTube video successful which helium held up the caput of his father, Michael F. Mohn, and called his dada a traitor to the US.
AP reported that successful his video, which was taken down by YouTube aft astir 5 hours, helium ranted astir a bid of conspiracy theories including the then-US President Joe Biden, the warfare successful Ukraine and immigration.
The assemblage was recovered aboriginal that time aft Justin's parent Denice returned home, uncovering her husband's assemblage portion his car and their lad were some missing.
Justin was arrested aboriginal that time connected a weapons possession complaint aft trying to ascent implicit a obstruction astatine Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania's National Guard headquarters, with prosecutors saying helium had been hoping to mobilise them to overthrow the government.
Justin Mohn admits to sidesplitting his begetter but claims it was not execution (NBC)
At his proceedings helium explained wherefore helium killed his begetter and decapitated him, according to NBC, Mohn said that helium changeable his begetter dormant successful their household bath aft trying to execute a 'citizen's arrest' connected his dad, reasoning that his begetter would hold to it.
The slayer told the court: "Unfortunately, helium resisted, I was hoping to execute a citizen’s apprehension connected my begetter for, ultimately, treason."
Mohn told the tribunal that his authorities were antithetic to that of his parents and helium believed his begetter was trying to halt him from becoming a person successful the mould of Donald Trump.
He claimed to the tribunal that helium beheaded his begetter to nonstop a connection to the US authorities and request their resignation, authorities said a USB thrust they recovered had pictures of national buildings and instructions for gathering explosives.
Prosecutors told the tribunal that the country of the sidesplitting was 'something consecutive retired of a fearfulness film', and accused Justin Mohn of sidesplitting his dada successful a 'cold, calculated, organized plan'.
Justin Mohn posted a video of himself with his dad's decapitated caput to YouTube (CNN)
While Mohn admits to sidesplitting his begetter and his ineligible representatives said helium didn't perpetrate first-degree murder.
Mohn's lawyer Steve Jones told NBC: "Justin believed that determination were definite indignities that helium suffered, and helium did what helium believed was the happening that helium could do.
"And the justice is going to determine if that was thing that helium could do."
His lawsuit volition not beryllium decided by a assemblage arsenic his proceedings is simply a seat trial, meaning that the verdict volition beryllium decided upon by a judge.
