[2010] EWCA Crim 195

A judge had been entitled to direct a jury pursuant to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 s.35 where a defendant, who was suffering from Alcohol Dependency Syndrome when he killed his partner, had not given evidence at trial, as there were matters on which he could have given evidence which were relevant to the jury's consideration of the degree of impairment of his mental responsibility.

CA (Crim Div) (Maurice Kay LJ, Sharp J, Sir Christopher Holland)

17/02/2010