Shock twist in case of father who hurled his baby daughter into a river because he thought she was a demon as he's found NOT GUILTY of murder

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A father who through his baby daughter into a river because he thought she was a demon has been found not guilty of murder due to mental illness.

The 49-year-old man claimed to have 'sacrificed' the infant as her upcoming first birthday 'would have meant the end of the world', the NSW Supreme Court trial was told on Monday. 

He carried his daughter through torrential rain and 'cast her' into the Tweed River as his partner and young son sheltered in the Tweed Mall car park on November 17, 2018. 

Currents and tides took the girl 20 kilometres north to the famed Gold Coast beach, where an 18-year-old school leaver made the grim discovery while on a midnight walk on November 19, 2018

Currents and tides took the girl 20 kilometres north to the famed Gold Coast beach, where an 18-year-old school leaver made the grim discovery while on a midnight walk on November 19, 2018 

He carried his daughter through torrential rain and 'cast her' into the Tweed River. Pictured: Police divers scouring the river

He carried his daughter through torrential rain and 'cast her' into the Tweed River. Pictured: Police divers scouring the river 

Currents and tides took the girl 20 kilometres north to the famed Gold Coast beach, where an 18-year-old school leaver made the grim discovery while on a midnight walk on November 19. 

Justice Helen Wilson on Wednesday found the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, could 'not be held criminally responsible'.

Several psychiatrists told the court the man was severely mentally ill at the time and was a 'chronic schizophrenic' with 'bizarre delusional beliefs,' the Courier Mail reports. 

He suffered hallucinations about killing babies, Jesus and Britney Spears, and told a doctor that while he loved his daughter, he 'had to do it for the sake of the world'.

Justice Wilson found there was 'no conflict in the expert evidence,' and described the baby's death as a terrible tragedy.  

He will be detained under mental health legislation until deemed fit for release.

The family of four lived an erratic lifestyle, living at times in a tent at Broadbeach, in a motel room at Surfers Paradise and out of a van at Chris Cunningham Park on the banks of the Tweed. 

The man will be detained under mental health legislation until deemed fit for release. Pictured: The castaway style beach camp where the parents of the baby are thought to have lived

The man will be detained under mental health legislation until deemed fit for release. Pictured: The castaway style beach camp where the parents of the baby are thought to have lived

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