Unusual legal defense

[Three Berries]

And successful. UK man was ruled under the psychotic influence of a loaded brownies and did not have control of his faculties.

Boyfriend Stabs Girlfriend Before Running Her Over; Cleared of Murder After Court Hears What They Ate Earlier


https://www.westernjournal.com/boyf...nning-cleared-murder-court-hears-ate-earlier/

A 28-year-old British man has dodged a murder charge because he was out of his mind on drugs and did not know what he was doing.

However, Jake Notman, 28, who stabbed his girlfriend more than 30 times and then ran her over with his car, admitted to manslaughter in the death of Lauren Bloomer, 25, according to Birmingham Live.

The court accepted the argument from Notman’s defense team that after eating a cannabis brownie, Notman was having a “psychotic episode” in which he did not know “what was real and what was not” and had “totally lost touch with reality.”

 

[bibi40]

it' s not me , that' s brownie ....
easy way to escape his own bad ...

 

[Gry]

Can not imagine a jury which was familiar with the effects of edibles returning such a decision.
Would maintain this is a device with which they have effectively negated any opportunity for medical usage, which has been the traditional path to legalisation.

 

[944s2]

Cos we all love an edible ,,
then go out and run over the missus or husband then stab them untold times,,,,
defence played an uneducated jury and got this animal a cushty psych ward,,,
home in a few years once deemed no longer a threat,,
Yet the family of the young girl get proper life sentences of pain and hurt,,,
I hope karma comes quickly and brutally for this prick,,,

 

[rolandomota]

Yea but alcohol is ok
here's here's video illustration
https://youtu.be/ARAoPVKxxuU

 

[TheRealHash]

Can only hope actual justice comes on swift wings

 

[BadTicket]

Max penalty for manslaughter is life in prison according to UK law.
Just because they got him off a murder charge doesn´t mean guy won´t do time.
They might slap him like 60 years, then knock 20 years off the sentence because he plead guilty to manslaughter when the case went to court. Which is known to happen.
Dude will still do 40 years. And if he is using temporary insanity as a defence, he won´t go to any psych ward or mental hospital most likely, he will do regular prison time.

So yea, I´d wait for the sentencing before saying this was a successful defence or the guy is getting off too easy.
Unless I was his lawyer, then I´d be like damn I´m good. Got this fucking guy offa murder charge with some BS story about weed cookies, damn I´m good.
Not good-good, because I´m kinda evil, but good at that. Innit?

 

[gizmo666]

its strange whan justice is handed out by the uneducated........