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- 1Defences - Insanity M'Naghten 1843D suffered from extreme paranoia, he thought he was being persecuted by the government, he tried to kill a MP because of his mental state he was found not guilty
- 2Defences - Insanity - defect of reason Clarke 1972D went into supermarket and took three items put them in her bag and left shop. She was charged with theft but claimed she did not remember taking them, she was suffering from absent-mindedness caused by diabetes and depression. Court of Appeal quashed her conviction.
- 3Defences - Insanity - Disease of the mind Kemp 1956D was suffering from hardening arteries which cause a problem with blood supply to brain and caused moments off temporary loss of conciousness. During this he attacked his wife causing her injury. He was found not guilty on appeal as his memory and understanding wee affected.
- 4Defences - Insanity - Disease of the mind Sullivan 1984D suffered from epilepsy and during fits injured those around him, he attacked an 80 yr old during a fit. D pleaded guilty to assault occasioning ABH.
- 5Defences - Insanity - Disease of the mind Hennessy 1989D was Diabetic who went in car without taking insulin. If disease affects the mind then it is in within the definition of insanity.
- 6Defences - Insanity - Disease of the mind Burgess 1991Injured his girlfriend while he was asleep. If the cause of sleep walking is internal it is a disease with insanity. D was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- 7Defences - external factors Quick 1973D was a Diabetic who forgot to eat after taking insulin. D attacked someone. The drug was an external cause and was not insanity.
- 8Defences - Not knowing nature and quality of the act. Windle 1952D was suffering from a mental disorder and killed his wife who constantly spoke of committing suicide. He was found guilty of murder because he knew what he had done was legally wrong.
- 9Defences - Not knowing nature and quality of the act. Johnson 2007D was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and suffered from hallucinations, stabbed his neighbour. Because he knew what he had done was wrong he was convicted of wounding with intent.
- 10Defences - Automatism - Non insane Hill v Baxter 1958D drove through halt sign without stopping and hit another car. He was charged but not convicted as he did not remember anything before stop sign.
- 11Defences - Automatism - Non insane T 1990D was raped and then took part in an robbery three days later, she said she was suffering from PTSD as a result of the rape, Judge allowed defence of automatism but D was convicted.
- 12Defences - Automatism - Non insane Attorney-General's Reference (No 2 of 1992) 1993D was a lorry driver and was driving for hours, he hit a broken down car and killed two people, he was aquitted as he said he was suffering from driving without awareness.
- 13Defences - Automatism - Self induced Bailey 1983D was a diabetic and failed to eat enough after taking insulin and hit someone over the head with a crowbar. D was convicted, there was insufficient evidence to raise defence of automatism.
- 14Defences - Automatism - Self induced Hardie 1984D was depressed because his girlfriend kicked him out, he took Valium tablets to calm him down instead he set fire to a wardrobe. He said he did not know what he was doing. He was convicted of arson but was quashed as D had not been reckless.
- 15Intoxication - Voluntary Gallagher 1963D to kill his wife he brought a knife and a bottle of whiskey of which he drank a large amount before killing his wife. He was convicted of murder.
- 16Intoxication - Involuntary Kingston 1994D's coffee was drugged by someone who wanted to blackmail him, he then abuse a 15 yr old and the other took photos to black mail him with. D was convicted of indecent assault.
- 17Intoxication - Intoxicated mistake Lipman 1970D and girlfriend took LSD before falling asleep, D thought he was in the centre of the earth being attacked by snakes, when he woke up his gf was dead, he strangled her thinking she was the snake, his conviction for manslaughter was upheld.
- 18Intoxication - Intoxicated mistake O'Grady 1987D and V had been drinking D woke up to V hitting him D got a glass ashtray and hit him and went back to sleep and awoke to find him dead.D was charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter.
- 19Intoxication - Intoxicated mistake Hatton 2005D drunk over 20 pints, him and V went back to D's flat he woke to find V dead in the morning and claimed that he could not remember what had happened. D was convicted of murder.
- 20Intoxication - exception Jaggard v Dickinson 1980D was drunk and went to her friends house and no one was in, in fact it was the wrong house and she broke in because she believed her friend would be okay with it. Her conviction was quashed.
- 21Duress - murder Howe 1987D and other tortured and abused a man and then strangled another, he claimed he was only doing it because of threats towards him. Duress was available to D on first occasion as he was a secondary party.
- 22Duress - murder Wilson 2007D was 13 and helped his father with killing his mother, he said he was too frightened to disobey his father. D did not have duress as a defence as it is not available for murder.
- 23Dures - Attempted Murder Gotts 1992D was 16 and parents were separated. D had to stab his mother as he was being threatened by his father, D did not kill her. He was convicted of attempted murder as duress was not available.
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