In English law unlawful killing is a verdict that can be returned by an inquest in England and Wales. English law is the legal system of England and Wales, and is the basis of Common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countriesand the Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden and unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts History The Roman occupation of Britain was the first period in which the area of present-day England and Wales was administered as a single unit (with the exception The verdict means that a death was caused by another person, without lawful excuse and in breach of the criminal law, in other words homicide. Note This Wikipedia entry deals with the legal concept legal person. The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different Jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another This includes murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing death by dangerous driving. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder. Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an Infant. It is important that the inquest does not name any individual person as responsible. [1] A verdict of unlawful killing generally leads to a Police investigation, with the aim of gathering sufficient evidence to identify, charge and prosecute the culprit(s). In the Common law legal system an indictment (ɪnˈdaɪtmənt (in-DITE-mint is a formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the Common law Adversarial system, or the civil law
The appropriate standard of proof is that the unlawful killing must be beyond reasonable doubt. Burden of proof (onus probandi is the obligation to prove Allegations which are presented in a Legal action. If this standard is not met, a verdict of accidental death or death by misadventure should be considered on the balance of probabilities. [1]
A verdict of unlawful killing was returned in the following cases:
- A jury decided on 7 April 2008 that Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed had been unlawfully killed by the grossly negligent driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers. Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed ( Arabic عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد) ( April 15, 1955 &ndash Henri Paul ( July 3, 1956 &ndash August 31, 1997) was the Deputy Head of Security at the Hôtel Ritz Paris. Paparazzi is a plural term ( paparazzo being the singular form for Photographers who take unstaged and/or candid photographs of Celebrities
- Matty Hull - killed in an U.S. friendly fire incident in 2003. Lance-Corporal of Horse Matthew Richard "Matty" Hull ( 31 March 1976 &ndash 28 March 2003) was a British The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Friendly fire or non-hostile fire, a term originally adopted by the United States military, refers to fire from one's own side or allied forces as [1]
- Tom Hurndall - shot by an Israeli sniper in the Gaza Strip in 2003;[2]
- Terry Lloyd, who was fired on by US tanks near Basra on 22 March 2003. Thomas "Tom" Hurndall (29 November 1981 &ndash 13 January 2004 was a British photography student a Volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement READ DISCUSSION PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS TO CAPTION BELOW http//en The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Terence Ellis Lloyd ( November 21, 1952 &ndash March 22, 2003) was a British television journalist well-known for his reporting from The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical Basra ( BGN: AlBasrah also called Basorah Abillah and Uruk or IRAQ The name that British colony has adopted for Basra Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. [3]
References
- ^ a b Lord Mackay of Clashfern (ed. ) (2006) Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th ed. reissue, vol. 9(2), "Coroners", 1043. Killed unlawfully
- ^ 'Unlawful killing' of Gaza Briton. BBC News.
- ^ Iraq reporter unlawfully killed. BBC News.
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