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Case where defendant attempted defence of mental illness? (1 Viewer)

simplyinsanity

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Hi. I'm looking for a case in the past 15 years where the defendant was charged with an indictable offence. Pleaded not guilty (using a defence of mental illness/intellectual disability) but was found guilty during the court process?

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I've got R v Sorrell. Accused had schizophrenic paranoid attack (or episode, or however you classify it) and killed someone. Convicted of manslaughter instead of murder with mental illness defence.
 

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R v. Porter (1930), accused was acquitted due to evidence of a near mental breakdown and deep depression
 

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