There is little guidance as to how a belief in witchcraft should be characterised. Should it always be taken to be a plea of insanity or a delusion? In Ihonre v State 35 an accused person who killed a woman and her three grandchildren stated his defence was that the woman and her brothers bewitched and killed his late brother and they were also causing his own sickness and downfall. The accused admitted that he knew that to kill is bad but that he was frustrated. His defence was therefore based on his belief in witchcraft. The Supreme Court held that he was not entitled to the defence of insanity because there was no finding by the trial court that the appellant was insane or that he suffered from any delusions of any kind. The court further ruled that he was actuated by revenge and that revenge is no defence even to a deluded mind. This is because even if it were true that the accused person had bewitched him, it was not enough justification to kill.