Rex v Curley: CCA 1909

Manslaughter despite no direct assault

Where the proximate cause of an act leading to a death is terror caused by another, that person may be guilty of manslaughter even though there had been no direct violence.

(1909) 2 Cr App R 96
England and Wales

Crime

Leading Case

Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.547667