I was racking my brains on this, and got a bit of approval from those on the Liberal Democrat Benches who are better versed on this than I am. I think that the right hon. Lady would find that in such circumstances—if, in her delightful phrase, a man was as drunk as an owl and the woman involved just pushed him and he fell, hit his head and died—since we can infer from what she said that there was no intention to commit either murder or grievous bodily harm, no charge of murder would lie, still less be followed by conviction.
Coroners and Justice Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jack Straw
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 November 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Coroners and Justice Bill.
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