Five Criminal cases you need to know from February – One Inner Temple Lane
Five Criminal cases you need to know from February
One Inner Temple Lane, 19th March 2012
Source: www.1itl.com
Category: diminished responsibility
Regina v Dowds – WLR Daily
Regina v Dowds: [2012] EWCA Crim 281; [2012] WLR (D) 43
“The reformulation of the statutory conditions for diminished responsibility was not intended to reverse the well established rule that voluntary acute intoxication was incapable of being relied on to found diminished responsibility and the presence of a recognised medical condition, although necessary, was not always a sufficient condition to raise the issue of diminished responsibility.”
WLR Daily, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Boy, 15, who battered mother to death detained for at least five years – The Guardian
“James Gethen, now 16, was given an indeterminate detention order by a judge at Leeds crown court, who heard he had significant psychiatric problems at the time he killed his mother Ann, 39. Gethen was told he must serve at least five years before he is considered for release.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife-killing Yorkie advert man walks free from court – BBC News
“A man who appeared in the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has walked free from court after he admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yorkie advert star admits killing terminally-ill wife – BBC News
“The star of the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yvonne Freaney cleared of murder of autistic son, 11 – BBC News
“A woman has been cleared of the murder of her severely autistic 11-year-old son.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for killing autistic son, 12, with bleach – BBC News
“A mother has been jailed for killing her 12-year-old autistic son by making him drink bleach.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mercy killing’ husband George Webb freed from prison – The Guardian
“Appeal judges overturn the custodial sentence for the manslaughter of his ill wife in favour of a suspended term.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mental health patient detained indefinitely for killing brother, nine – The Guardian
“A mental health patient was detained indefinitely today (17 January) for wounding his sister and stabbing to death his younger brother, with whom he had a close and loving relationship.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pensioner cleared of murdering wife in mercy killing – The Guardian
“A pensioner who smothered his 75-year-old wife in a “mercy killing” has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Flesh-eating Hastings killer jailed for 21 years – BBC news
“A Broadmoor patient who confessed to killing two women in East Sussex in 1998 and eating flesh from one of them has been jailed for at least 21 years.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing 100-year-old mother in Stepney – BBC News
“A former black cab driver has been jailed for six years for killing his 100-year-old mother.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Changes to the law of homicide – Law Society’s Gazette
“In relation to acts or omissions on or after 4 October 2010, critical changes to the law of homicide are made by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The issues are dealt with in part 2 chapter 1.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Nurse guilty of murdering parents at Bournemouth home – BBC News
“A nurse who stabbed her parents before hitting them over the head with an iron has been found guilty of their murders.”
BBC News, 21st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Khyra Ishaq’s mother appeals over prison sentence – BBC news
“The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was starved to death at her home in Birmingham has lodged an appeal to reduce her jail sentence.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man sectioned over Stapleford grandfather’s killing – BBC News
“A judge has said mental health doctors in Nottinghamshire should ‘examine their consciences’ after a paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his grandfather.”
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BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man ‘angry at phone call’ killed stranger in Greenwich – BBC News
“A man who stabbed a stranger to ‘release his rage’ at not being able to get through to his girlfriend’s phone has been found guilty of murder.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Schizophrenic man jailed for fatal stabbing in London – BBC News
“A schizophrenic man who pleaded guilty to killing a father in north London months after being fined for another attack has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 16th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother who starved daughter to death guilty of manslaughter – The Guardian
“A mother who starved her seven-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder today after a court accepted her plea of manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
M6 dash woman jailed over killing – BBC News
“A woman has been jailed for killing a man she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer who tried to stop her running on to the M6.”
BBC news, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
