| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 247 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] UKHL 38 |
| Court: | House of Lords |
| Judge: | Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell and Lord Mance |
| Representation | Patrick O'Connor QC and David Bentley (instructed by Bullivant & Partners) for the defendant. |
| David Perry QC and Duncan Penny (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 17 October 2007 |
Catchwords
Criminal law - Manslaughter - Unlawful act manslaughter - Defendant preparing lethal dose of heroin - Deceased self-injecting heroin - Whether defendant guilty of manslaughter - , s 23.
The Case
Criminal law Manslaughter. Where the deceased was a fully informed and responsible adult, it was never appropriate to find guilty of manslaughter a person who had been involved in the supply to the deceased of a Class A controlled drug, which had then been freely and voluntarily self-administered by the deceased, and the administration of the drug had caused his death.
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