[2009] EWCA Crim 2611

Care had to be taken to avoid the risk of a double level of mitigation where an offender's culpability had been reduced from murder to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, as there was a danger of double-counting the absence of premeditation or intention to kill.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Simon J, Royce J)

26/11/2009