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1.06.18
Can suicide turn GBH into a murder?
Berlinah Wallace has been cleared of murdering her former partner in a sulphuric acid attack which caused injuries which led him to end his own life. A jury at Bristol Crown Court was asked to decide whether Ms Wallace was guilty of murder where Mr Van Dongen had chosen to end his own life by…
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Can suicide break the chain of causation?
The principles of “causation” have been examined in a recent trial at Bristol Crown Court last month. In this case, the prosecution have sought to argue that the act of the defendant throwing sulphuric acid over the victim, which resulted in catastrophic but not fatal injuries, constituted murder. The injuries sustained by the victim included…
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