Read the full judgment text of HCCC 000404/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 July 1997.
1. The defendant in this case runs three defences. Provocation and diminished responsibility have been highlighted expressly by the parties in their opening addresses to the jury. But in his evidence, the defendant has said that he did not intend to kill the deceased, that the killing was a mistake. I therefore intend to leave to the jury also manslaughter by an unlawful act.