Court of Appeal of Jamaica – A lawfully armed Jamaican policeman fell into confrontation with two others. During the confrontation he shot one of them and claimed he did so in self-defence.
Held: In those circumstances it was clear that self-defence should have been left for consideration by the jury. As to evidence of self defence: ‘if there is such evidence, the issue must be left to the jury, whether it is relied on by the defence or not’
Judges:
Templeman, Ackner, Mustill, Slynn, Woold LL
Citations:
[1993] UKPC 46, [1995] 1 Cr App R 257
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Jurisdiction:
Commonwealth
Cited by:
Distinguished – Oscar, Regina v CACD 16-Jun-1998
The defendant appealed against his conviction for unlawful wounding and possession of an offensive weapon, an axe. He had returned to the scene of an argument, taking with him an axe. He said that, in the course of a struggle, the axe had fallen . .
Cited – Skelton, Regina (on The Application of) v Winchester Crown Court Admn 5-Dec-2017
The Court was asked whether the Crown Court could properly refuse to state a case for the opinion of the divisional court, having convicted a defendant, on her appeal from the magistrates’ court, of an offence of common assault. She was evicted from . .
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Crime
Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.429793