[2013] EWCA Crim 1422

The offence of wilful neglect required something more than a reckless breach of duty. A judge's use of "reckless" and "careless" in his summing up for an offence of wilfully neglecting a care home patient had not sufficiently described to the jury the elements of the offence.

CA (Crim Div) (Hallett LJ, Openshaw J, Jay J)

12/07/2013