Nigerian national Suleilman Mohammed Waziri, 21, had been in Australia just six weeks when he had an apparent mental breakdown at the university’s Kooloobong Village accommodation block on  August 28 this year, leading staff to contact police.

Port Kembla Local Court heard Waziri, in the country to study for his masters in infomatics, had been smoking marijuana in his room shortly before the incident, leading to the activation of the smoke alarms.

When spoken to by staff, Waziri flew into a fit of rage and began abusing the university employees, who soon told him he was no longer welcome  at the village and staff contacted police.

Officers arrived at 6.15pm to find Waziri in a highly agitated state, saying he wanted to go home.

At one stage Waziri walked out onto the roadway, seemingly complying with the police direction for him to leave the premises, however, he quickly spun around and ran back towards police, causing the officers to pull out capsicum spray and a Taser.

Neither was deployed at the time, however officers were forced to use both items a few minutes later when Waziri lashed out at them  as they tried to arrest him.

The first burst of capsicum spray proved ineffective at subduing Waziri, as did the subsequent two Taser episodes.

A third Taser deployment eventually subdued Waziri enough for police to handcuff him.

He was taken to Wollongong Hospital, where he continued his violent behaviour, including screaming ‘‘fear Allah’’ and repeatedly chanting in Arabic a phrase that translated to ‘‘get the devil away from me’’.

Waziri was charged with six offences including assaulting police and affray.

However, the court heard on Tuesday that Waziri would not face court on the charges, due to his later-diagnosed mental illness.

The court heard he’d been held in hospital as an involuntary patient between September 9 and October 3, and had since returned to his home country.

Magistrate Michael Stoddart made an official finding of mental illness and dismissed the charges under the Mental Health Act.