[2012] EWCA Crim 2843

A conviction for murder was safe where the judge had properly directed the jury how to approach an assessment of whether the accused suffered from an abnormality that "substantially" impaired his mental ability for the purpose of a defence of diminished responsibility under the Homicide Act 1957 s.2(1).

CA (Crim Div) (McCombe LJ, Cranston J, Calvert-Smith J)

06/12/2012