Special Defences to Murder Cases 0.0 / 5 ? LawCriminal lawA2/A-levelOCR Created by: florencepearl88Created on: 30-09-15 16:46 Diminished Responsibility - Psychopath R v Byrne 1960 (killed several women) 1 of 12 Diminished Responsibility - Depression R v Seers 1985 (killed wife) 2 of 12 Diminished Responsibility - Battered Woman Syndrome R v Ahluwalia 1993 (set husband alight) 3 of 12 Diminished Responsibility - intoxication with pre-existing condition R v Dieschmann 2003 (killed V but was found to have a adjustment disorder, intoxication is ignored) 4 of 12 Diminished Responsibility - voluntry intoxication R v Dowds 2012 (killed girlfriend, wanted DR on acute intoxication, not allowed voluntary intoxication) 5 of 12 Diminished Responsibility - alcohol dependency/involuntary R v Stewart 2009 (ASD would not automatically be an abnormality, nature and extent must be considered) 6 of 12 Loss of control - sexual infidelity R v Dawes 2012 (killed his girlfriend, cannot rely on sexual infidelity as a qualifying trigger, also cannot incite violence and get loss of control) 7 of 12 Loss of control - Grave circumstances R v Zebedee 2012 (incontinent dad didn't qualify as grave circumstance) 8 of 12 Loss of control - Revenge Attack R v Evans 2010 (wife was leaving and he stabbed her) 9 of 12 Loss of control - intoxication R v Asmelash 2013 (intoxication is to be ignored) 10 of 12 Loss of control - sexual infidelity (controversial) R v Clinton 2012 (diluted the ban on sexual infidelity being a trigger when it is part of the bigger picture of things said/done) 11 of 12 Loss of control - Break up of relationship R v Parker 2010 (break up of relationship not grave circumstances) 12 of 12
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