Application for leave to appeal against convictions of four counts of ill-treatment of a person without capacity, contrary to section 44 of the 2005 Act – directions given by the Recorder to the jury about the constituent elements of the offence created by section 44 and in particular the concept of the absence of capacity for the purposes of this offence. It is submitted that his directions were incomplete and therefore wrong in law.
Judges:
Lord Judge LCJ
Citations:
[2010] EWCA Crim 2935, [2010] MHLR 349, [2011] 1 Cr App Rep 34
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.442430
