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R v Alexander Wayne Blackman

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
R v Alexander Wayne Blackman
   
Issue: The approach to unanimous psychiatric evidence that a person’s responsibility for a killing was diminished; whether a conviction for manslaughter should be substituted on the facts.
   
Court: Court Martial Appeal Court
   
Reference:   Nos 2016/05551/B1 and 2016/05552/B1
   
Neutral Citation:   [2017] EWCA Crim 190
   
Judge(s): Lord Thomas CJ, Sir Brian Leveson P, Hallett LJ VP, Openshaw and Sweeney JJ
   
Date: 15 March 2017