>He appears to have been under a spell of insanity and committing various crimes. My close relative committed similar crimes in similar circumstances but at a

>He appears to have been under a spell of insanity and committing various crimes. My close relative committed similar crimes in similar circumstances but at a much smaller scale. “Appears under the spell” describes what I saw very well. I think people who get into such situations are ill and do not control their actions, like a drug addict, alcoholic or a pathological gambler. 25 year sentence does some justice but it won’t stop these people because they are not capable of understanding what they do and what consequences they cause.