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VS v St Andrew’s Healthcare

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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VS v St Andrew’s Healthcare
   
Issue: Whether a genuine but mistaken view of the facts resulting from paranoia contributed to by recent intoxication precluded reliance on self-defence because it was “attributable” to voluntary intoxication even if the defendant was not intoxicated at the time.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   201605518C2
   
Neutral Citation:   [2018] EWCA Crim 1743
   
Judge(s): Sir Brian Leveson P, Gross and Davis LJJ, Haddon-Cave J and Sir Peter Openshaw
   
Date: 24 July 2018