The defendant appealed against his conviction for murder, sayng that the jury had been wrongly directed as to the meaning of ‘substantial impairent when considering the alternative of manslaughter
Elias, Sweeney, Gross LJJ
[2014] EWCA Crim 748, [2014] Crim LR 744, [2015] 1 WLR 1030, [2014] 4 All ER 64, [2014] 2 Cr App R 17
Bailii
Homicide Act 19572, Coroners and Justice Act 2009 52
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Ramchurn CACD 2-Feb-2010
The defendant had planned and executed the killing of his wife’s lover, a cousin, having given him a home. He threatened that he would kill him, and prepared to do so, trying to get keys to gain access to the victim’s home, and when that failed . .
Cited – Regina v Aslam CACD 1-Dec-2011
The defendant had been convicted of manslaughter on an indictment for murder. The jury was directed under the new law to the effect that the reference to ‘substantially impaired’ required the jury to conclude that the impairment was more than . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Golds, Regina v SC 30-Nov-2016
The defendant appealed against his conviction for murder, saying that he should have been only convicted of manslaughter, applying the new test for diminished responsibility as provided under the 1957 Act as amended, and particularly whether the . .
Cited – Brennan v Regina CACD 21-Nov-2014
The defendant, then 22 had a history of disturbed childhood, sexual abuse and outpatient mental health treatment together with one instance when he was sectioned following a suicide attempt. On the undisputed psychiatric evidence he suffered from a . .
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Crime
Updated: 03 December 2021; Ref: scu.525095