An occasional commentary on some aspects of criminal law in Ireland.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

BBC News - Starved Birmingham girl's mother guilty of manslaughter

BBC News - Starved Birmingham girl's mother guilty of manslaughter

OK here's a question, what public good was served by accepting a plea to manslaughter here?

Yes I understand the pressures the Crown prosecutors are under, however this case is not I believe simply as a lone Barrister, one where a plea on this basis should have been accepted and the murder prosecution dropped.

Sorry I don't buy it.

There is a dead seven year old girl who suffered horribly and slowly.

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