R v Thornton

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo High Court of Justice
gptkbp:charge gptkb:murder
gptkbp:citation [1996] 1 WLR 1174
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1992
gptkbp:defendant Sara Thornton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R v Thornton
gptkbp:judge High Court of Justice
gptkbp:jurisdiction England and Wales
gptkbp:legalIssue provocation
diminished responsibility
gptkbp:result conviction quashed
manslaughter conviction
gptkbp:significance battered woman syndrome
development of provocation law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Law_Lords
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7