[joebuck]

"Clarke was €20,500 in debt and behind in his rent when he bought a gun and ammunition"

This points away from the schitzo defense - he robbed because he needed money

[fight_truth_decay]

There was this 6 month time frame as well, and e-mails to the DMV's O'Connor. What guy meets a guy in a bar in another state and takes up an ongoing e-mail correspondence. Unless being they both were Irish, the immigrant, Clarke, made O'Connor take pity on him. { At least that is the defense I would go for.} ;)