Manslaughter, not murder

Daft Bat

Daft Bat

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Woo-hoo! :D

My Gran was one of 13 children and I am just adding some missing details to that branch of the family. When I was a child, a story was muttered about one of my great uncles being a murderer but when I asked for details, no-one was giving much away - and all those who were around at the time are long gone.

Browsing through the newspapers just now and throwing odd names into the pot to see if there is anything about anyone, I have just found the following snippet from the Evening Telegraph of Monday July 19th 1948:

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Now, I am off to the Old Bailey website to see if I can find out more......:sceptical:

Drat - just realised that they are not as late as 1948... :(
 
OK, not Narnia but...
"She made me mad. I did not hit her. I was kissing her at the time. I picked her up and put her in the wardrobe, saying, 'Stop there.' I threw my coat on top of her and locked the door"
Well, you did ask :cool:
 
Daft Bat said:
@AnnB A huge thank you. I'm still not sure how he got off with manslaughter... :confused:
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Possibly by invoking the defence of provocation. There's quite a bit about it in the link below. One of the of defences included sexual infidelity as a qualifying trigger. All of this was changed by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The TNA's police papers noted in Sandiep's post might throw some light on this.

http://e-lawresources
.co.uk/Provocation.php
 
I suppose if air in there was restricted, and there'd been alcohol involved - although it doesn't mention that, then she could easily have suffocated. :confused:

Sorry to take such a morbid interest in one of your family, Jan. :oops:
 
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