Court of Appeals of New York – The victim was a public spirited young man whose murder had no obvious explanation other than retribution for his cooperation with the police.
Held: It may be possible to create a case of circumstantial evidence so strong as to lead the mind inevitably to the conclusion that injury to a person who supplied information to the police resulted from his having supplied such information.
154 NE2d 534, 5 NY2d 75, 180 NYS2d 265, 5 NY 2d 75
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Cited – Michael and Others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and Another SC 28-Jan-2015
The claimants asserted negligence in the defendant in failing to provide an adequate response to an emergency call, leading, they said to the death of their daughter at the hands of her violent partner. They claimed also under the 1998 Act. The . .
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Updated: 26 October 2021; Ref: scu.556808