Oxfordshire beheading: Jonathan Limani’s appeal rejected – BBC News
“A man who beheaded a restaurant manager will not have his 19-year sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 17th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: diminished responsibility
Ivan Esack jailed for murdering wife Natalie – BBC News
“A former policeman has been jailed for at least 28 years for murdering his estranged wife at her hair salon.”
BBC News, 14th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Scissor death killer Sandra Clinch jailed for husband’s manslaughter – BBC News
“A woman who fatally stabbed her husband with a pair of scissors in a row about tidying their house has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stephen Farrow jailed for life for murders of vicar and retired teacher – The Guardian
“A man who fatally stabbed a retired teacher and a vicar at their homes in attacks six weeks apart has been jailed for life and told he will never be released.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nurse who stabbed her four-year-old to death gets 12 years – Daily Telegraph
“A nurse who stabbed her four-year-old daughter to death before attempting to kill herself has been jailed for 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Casey Kearney murder: Hannah Bonser found guilty – The Guardian
“A woman with a history of mental health problems has been found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old girl in a park in a random and motiveless attack. Hannah Bonser, 26, stabbed Casey Kearney in an unprovoked attack in Elmfield Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in February this year. She will be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon. Despite her mental health problems, a jury at Sheffield crown court rejected Bonser’s claim that she was guilty only of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-soldier Aaron Wilkinson jailed for landlady killing – BBC News
“A former soldier who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when he shot and killed his landlady has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 6th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appeal court quash SAS fantasy murder conviction after 18 years – The Guardian
“Jamie Petrolini’s conviction for the 1994 murder of Mohamed el-Sayed overturned on grounds of diminished responsibility.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former soldier Aaron Wilkinson cleared of murder – BBC News
“A former soldier who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when he shot and killed his landlady has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
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
