The appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife and the rape and murder of his 15-year old step-daughter, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of life ...

The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder where the defendant, who suffered from mental abnormality, had consumed a quantity of alcohol before killing a ...

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R V GITTENS (1984) ... Murder and rape guidelines on diminished responsibility defence. CA (Crim Div) (Lord Lane LCJ, Boreham J, Skinner J).

Ratio: reversed the rule in gittens and implied that abnormality of mind along side the consumption of alcohol will satisfy the judge to hand over to the jury.

R V Gittens - Diminished responsibility (Recognised medical condition). D was suffering from depression and killed his wife then raped and killed his step ...

In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defenses that reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter if successful.

•Voluntarily intoxicated defendant can rely on DR if elements of defence are. made out at time of killing. •Prove that he would have killed even if he was ...

Voluntary Manslaughter - Diminished Responsibility. Diminished responsibility is one of three special defences which exist solely for the offence of murder.

2 янв. 2018 г. · In R v. Gittens [1984] the Court of Appeal gave its verdict on directions given to the jury regarding consideration of the effects of ...