Man accused of murdering vicar 'a psychopath', court told "That is a significant scoring," Dr Rogers said. There is no doubt in my mind that he passes the threshold for a diagnosis of psychopathy. Stephen Farrow He agreed Farrow was a "very dark" person who also fantasised about bestiality, raping girls, and raping a pensioner in her home and then killing her husband. Farrow's barrister Peter Gower QC told the jury Farrow's mother had "understood there to be something wrong with him as a child." When he was 10 he had set fire to a church alter and stood and watched as it burned. He was expelled on his first day of school, shot dead a male swan with an air gun and killed other peoples' pets when they "did his head in," the court heard. As a child he had also experienced bullying, fighting, using weapons, setting fires and robbery. Mr Gower told the jury that Farrow had been found to be 100% impulsive and irresponsible, 96% arrogant and deceitful and with an anti-social lifestyle scoring of 88%. He was found to live a "parasitic" lifestyle having only worked for about 12 weeks over the last 15 years. Reading part of a statement from a former acquaintance of Farrow, Michaela Rowsell, Mr Gower told the court: "He (Farrow) treated church people pretty disgustingly. He used and abused them (for accommodation, food and money). Farrow failed to accept responsibility for his actions and when giving an account of killing Rev Suddards to Dr Rogers, he said: "The system has always underestimated and ignored me and now someone has lost their life." He also maintained he had no control over his behaviour, was impulsive and failed to consider the consequences of his actions. The psychiatrist found a number of psychopathy traits including a grandiose sense of self-worth, being prone to boredom, pathological lying, manipulative behaviour, a lack of empathy and early behavioural problems. But during cross examination by prosecutor Michael Fitton QC, Dr Rogers said he did not believe Farrow to be mentally ill. If I understand your evidence correctly, it is that he has a long standing personality disorder, but that he is not insane? Mr Fitton said. "Yes," Dr Rogers replied. "I said to the jury that the prosecution case is that Stephen Farrow knew what he was doing, he knows the difference between right and wrong," Mr Fitton added. "Yes," Dr Rogers agreed. He was neither seeing things or hearing voices directing him what to do? Mr Fitton asked. The psychiatrist replied: "I agree." "Our case is that he was fully conscious and aware of what he was doing to Reverend Suddards," Mr Fitton said. "Yes," Dr Rogers said. "He acted voluntarily," Mr Fitton added. "If you're saying he wasn't mentally ill, I agree," Dr Rogers said. He added: "What we do know about psychopaths and psychopathy is that they lack the behavioural controls that other people do. They are compulsive, they don't have empathy that other healthy people do. What I am trying to get across is the coldness and callousness. Dr Rogers yesterday said the defendant's personality disorder meant he was suffering from an abnormality of mental function at the time of killing Mr Suddards. Farrow is also accused of murdering retired teacher Betty Yates, 77, in Bewdley, Worcestershire, the previous month. Farrow, of no fixed address, was again not present in court having refused to leave Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire where he is being held. He denies murdering Mr Suddards, 59, in Thornbury in February but admits his manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He denies the murder of Mrs Yates. But he has pleaded guilty to a separate charge of a burglary of a cottage in Thornbury over the Christmas and new year period.