The man who killed Auckland mother of two Joanne Pert had intended to rape her, but says he was discouraged by the amount of blood.
The 41-year-old mum was on a regular run through Remuera when she was attacked by Tevita Filo in January.
Filo was yesterday found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity after a court heard he suffered from schizophrenia, and thought he was living in an "artificial world".
The summary of facts reveals Filo first saw Jo Pert when she walked past him in his car.
He then drove ahead of her and waited for her to reach a secluded stretch of footpath on Shore Rd when he attacked.
Jo Pert's body was later found on the front lawn of a residential property, and hours later Filo handed himself in to police.
Yesterday the court heard Filo believed he'd been "banished to a virtual world", and had to complete a series of missions to get back to the "real one."
A psychiatrist from the Mason Clinic says he would have viewed the attack "like a video game", and didn't believe he'd killed anyone because their controllers remained alive in the real world.
Filo also faced 12 other charges over a string of crimes in the lead up to Jo Pert's death.
All of them were dropped apart from two counts of indecent assault of which he was also cleared because he was insane.
The summary of facts says the first indecent assault took place at Auckland Hospital shortly after he attacked Jo Pert.
Filo intended to kill women on site, but was discouraged by the number of men in the area.
He then grabbed a woman's buttocks, and before leaving found a place to wash off the blood from his attack on Ms Pert.
The second indecent assault occurred not long after the first, at a bus stop on College Hill, Ponsonby.
Filo approached a woman and thrust his hand up her skirt, before fleeing in his car.
Yesterday it was also revealed that police pulled Filo over the night before he killed Jo Pert, after it was reported he was following a couple in their car.
Officers confiscated a knife.. but when they ran a check on him, they could find no record of any history of mental illness.
Detective Inspector Kevin Hooper says Filo was extensively questioned, and told police he had the knife for his own protection.
"There were no alerts that Filo had any mental health issues or posed any danger to the public. We now know from medical evidence that he did have the ability to manage other's perceptions."
Police say they used their discretion, and issued a roadside warning before letting him go free.
Detective Inspector Hooper says the officers followed correct protocol.
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