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From BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, this is The House That Vanished.

I'm Sivonne McSweeney.

Episode 5, The Hand of God.

After his house vanished on Tori Island, Neville Prechow had become obsessed.

Year after year, an endless search for answers seemingly led nowhere.

His health had suffered terribly.

His marriage had collapsed.

His career as a respected filmmaker was over.

It was as though from the moment his house vanished, Neville had begun to disappear himself.

Now, finally, he had his day in court, facing the man he had accused of being responsible for the

disappearance of his house.

Tory Island hotel owner Patrick Duhan.

In the last days of the trial, a steady stream of witnesses took to the stand.

The legal team for Patrick Duhin, called a consultant psychiatrist to assess Neville

Prechho's mental health, but his testimony didn't go as the defence had planned.

Well, I have to say, Mr. Prechow's description of the illness was brilliant, so clear.

However, I do believe his illness might have been of a longer duration than he realises.

An individual suffering from an illness like this isn't always aware of experiencing manic phases.

And Mr Precio, as we've been told, was extremely creative, making films and the like.

It's highly likely that he'd be able to utilise this excessive energy creatively for months before falling into a nosedive of depression.

Can I ask, Dr McCaffrey, how do you feel the discovery that his house had been destroyed would have affected Mr. Precio?

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