[2008] EWCA Crim 121

Where a defendant had not asserted that she drove dangerously out of fear of her personal safety and there was evidence to demonstrate reasonable alternative ways to respond to a situation, no defence of necessity arose and all parties in the case ought to have realised the fact during case management proceedings.

CA (Crim Div) (Tuckey LJ, Saunders J, Coulson J)

18/01/2008