[2001] EWCA Crim 2986

Although the defendant had supplied the syringe containing the heroin with which the victim had killed himself, self-injection was a lawful act and, as an act, was capable of breaking the chain of causation. Consequently the defendant's conviction for manslaughter was quashed.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene LJ, Sir Richard Tucker, Judge Madison)

13/12/2001