Omissions Case List Flashcards
Pitwood (1902)
Level crossing, failing, hay cart
Held: guilty of gross negligence manslughter
Gibbons and Proctor (1918)
Starving child
Held: guilty of murder
Fagan v MPC (1969)
Police officers foot
Stone and Dobinson (1977)
Elderly sister, malnutrition
Held: guilty of manslughter
Dytham (1979)
Off duty police officer left v to die
Held: guilty of misconduct in public office
Miller (1983)
Set bed on fire with a cigarette (left it)
Held: guilty of arson
Airedale NHS trust v Bland (1993)
Hillsborough disaster, life support
H/L: feeding could be withdrawn
Adomako (1994)
Anaesthetist failed to notice oxygen tube
Held: guilty of gross negligence manslughter
DDP v Santa Bermudez (2003)
Injured police officer with needle
Held: guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Evans (2009)
Heroin addict
C/A: conviction upheld