[2010] EWCA Crim 2637

In the first case of murder involving a mercy killing to reach the Court of Appeal, it was decided that the factors specified in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch.21 para.10(a), (b) and (d), which would normally aggravate the offence of murder, should not be taken to aggravate a murder committed by an individual who genuinely believed that her actions in bringing about the death constituted an act of mercy.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Irwin J, Holroyde J)

12/11/2010