Mental Capacity

Question 1

R v Majewski (1977)

Answer 1

D had taken drugs and gone out to drink at a pub. Got into a fight harming the landlord and two police officers

Question 2

R v Lipman (1970)

Answer 2

D had taken LSD, believing he was descending down to the centre of the earth being attacked by snakes. In reality he was murdering his girlfriend

Question 3

AG for Northern Ireland v Gallagher (1963)

Answer 3

D deliberately made himself intoxicated in order to give himself courage to kill his wife

Question 4

R v Allen (1988)

Answer 4

D had consumed homemade wine not knowing the strength of it, during his intoxication committed sexual assault

Question 5

R v Hardie (1985)

Answer 5

D set light to his wardrobe after taking prescribed Valium for his partner, charged with arson

Question 6

R v Bailey (1983)

Answer 6

Appellant was convicted of wounding with intent, claimed it was caused by hypoglycemia as a result of not eating after his insulin

Question 7

Jaggard v Dickinson (1981)

Answer 7

Appellant had been out drinking for the evening and ran out of money for a lift home, knocking on a friends door she broke in thinking it was ok, but it wasn’t her friends house

Question 8

M’Naghten (1843)

Answer 8

D was diagnosed with extreme paranoia, thought he was being persecuted by the Tories and tried to kill Sir Robert Peel

Question 9

R v Clarke (1972)

Answer 9

D was absent minded, putting stuff in her bag whilst shopping, had the defence of insanity

Question 10

R v Kemp (1956)

Answer 10

D suffered from arteriosclerosis, hitting wife with a hammer and caused GBH

Question 11

R v Sullivan (1984)

Answer 11

D had suffered with epilepsy, had fits and was aggressive to those who offered help. injured an old man and charged with assault

Question 12

R v Burgess (1991)

Answer 12

D and his girlfriend were at home watching videos. They both fell asleep and he attacked her with a wine bottle and a video recorder, charged with ABH

Question 13

R v Windle (1952)

Answer 13

D’s wife wanted to die so he gave her 10 aspirin in one day, which killed her

Question 14

R v Oye (2013)

Answer 14

D was acting strange, he threw crockery at police and was drinking water from the toilet cistern. he punched a female police officer breaking her jaw and was charged with ABH

Question 15

Bratty v AG Northern Ireland (1963)

Answer 15

D killed a young girl in a lift that was caused y his psycho motor epilepsy

Question 16

Hill v Baxter (1958)

Answer 16

D fell asleep when driving and caused an accident. D charged with death by dangerous driving

Question 17

Broome V Perkins (1987)

Answer 17

Accused of driving in a hypoglycemic state and hit another car, reported himself to the police

Question 18

R v Quick (1973)

Answer 18

D was a nurse who was diabetic, taken insulin but had also been drinking alcohol and had eaten enough. Assaulted a patient- 2 black eyes, fractured nose, split lip and bruising

Question 19

R v T (1990)

Answer 19

D pleaded automatism to charges of robbery and ABH, she was raped three days earlier and psychiatrist diagnosed PTSD.

Question 20

R v Hennessy (1989)

Answer 20

D drove off in a car that had been reported stolen, charged with taking a car without consent and whilst being disqualified

Question 21

R v Bilton (2005)

Answer 21

D and a woman returned to his flat after a night out, he had put her to bed in his room whilst he slept on the sofa.later, the woman claimed she had woken up to find him raping her