BRATTY V. AG FOR NORTHERN IRELAND George Bratty, had given a lift in his car to Josephine Fitzsimmons, who was later found dead under the hedge near Hillborough, county Down, having been strangled. Bratty was later interviewed by the police and...
AL-HASSANI V. THE STATE The appellant and two others were charged with offences of ‘conspiracy to commit armed robbery’ and ‘armed robbery’. They were charged with robbing two people of several items including a power-generating set. The participation of the appellant,...
ADEYEMI V. THE STATE The accused was charged with conspiracy to rob and armed robbery. The allegation against him stated that they were eating and robbed them of their valuables including a Honda halla motor car and some jewelry. The court...
AGBO V. STATE The court held that the term accident means an event without apparent cause, unexpected, unforeseen cause of events, unintentional act and chance. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer my Questions) blog, you can...
R V. MATYR M struck a blow at S who subsequently died from a hemorrhage. The medical evidence was that it would not be usual for such a blow to cause death, and that S had a peculiar weakness. Nevertheless the...
R V. CREAMER The prosecution had to prove in a receiving case that the husband and wife were not ‘living together’. It was held that when a husband and wife are living together not only when they are residing together in...
R V. LAWRENCE Lord Atkin said: ‘an essential principle of our criminal law that the trial for an indictable offence has to be conducted in the presence of the accused and for this purpose trial means the whole proceedings including sentene....
R V. AMADU ADAMU The deceased had gone out, armed, to hunt the accused whom he suspected of theft. There was no doubt that the accused who was a thief had killed him, but it was clear from the evidence how...
WALTERS V LUNT The respondents had been charged with receiving from a child aged seven years, certain articles knowing them to be stolen. It was held that a child under eight years in law was incapable of commiting a crime. It...
SUDAN GOVERNMENT V. MOHAMMED HAMMID A struck Z unconscious, tried to revive him in vain, believing him to be dead he threw him into a well in order to screen himself, as a result of which Z died, clearly A’s intention...
