R v Hunnisett [2021] EWCA Crim 265

Appeal against murder conviction The appellant wanted a murder conviction and 18-year-tariff life sentence quashed, and substituted with manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility and s45A hybrid order (presumably still with a life sentence), on the basis of fresh evidence (a prosecution psychiatrist had changed her mind) but the Court of Appeal refused to admit this evidence.

CASES DATABASE

Full judgment: BAILII

Subject(s):

• Diminished responsibility cases🔍

Date: 4/3/21🔍

Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)🔍

Judge(s):

• Sharp🔍
• May🔍
• Stacey🔍

Parties:

• R🔍
• Crystal Hunnisett🔍
• David Andrew Hunnisett🔍

Citation number(s):

• [2021] EWCA Crim 265^B

What links here:

• Jonathan Wilson, 'Mental health case law: update' (Legal Action, May 2022)

Published: 14/4/21 20:40

Cached: 2025-06-15 16:10:56