Need for expert evidence in cases where there is a background of domestic violence and such evidence meets the criteria for admissibility as expert testimony
Citations:
[2001] EWCA Crim 604
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Challen, Regina v CACD 28-Feb-2019
Appeal from conviction for murder. The defendant had killed her husband with a hammer. She said that he had, through his controlling behaviour, abused her over many years.
Held: The verdict of manslaughter was substituted. . .
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Crime
Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.638543