New review of fancy dress killing – BBC News
“A financial adviser dressed as a Ghostbuster who was seen being punched during a fight outside a pub was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: unlawful killing
Unlawful killing verdict on Liam Hogan, who was pushed from balcony by his father – The Times
“A holidaymaker who pushed his two children from a fourth-floor balcony during a row with his wife may be prosecuted in England after his release from a Greek psychiatric hospital.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Unlawfully killed: the mother given fatal epidural dose minutes after birth – The Guardian
“The case of a new mother who was mistakenly given a fatal dose of a strong epidural anaesthetic will be re-examined by the Crown Prosecution Service after an inquest jury ruled yesterday that she was unlawfully killed.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Muslim teenager unlawfully killed – The Guardian
“The Muslim teenager Shafilea Ahmed, whose body was found on the banks of a river, was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Brecknell v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports
European Court of Human Rights
“Where there existed a plausible or credible allegation, piece of evidence or item of information relevant to the identification and prosecution of a perpetrator of an unlawful killing, state authorities were under an obligation to take further investigative measures.”
The Times, 7th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Ellie’s death ‘unlawful killing’ – BBC News
“A coroner has ruled the death of a five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson in St Helens was unlawful killing.”
BBC News, 21st November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Muslim soldier’s death ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded on the first British Muslim soldier to be killed during the conflict in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
