If I remember my criminal law rightly, intoxication isn't a defence to murder if the intent can be proven. Voluntary intoxication definitely meets the recklessness criteria for manslaughter as the defendent was reckless for getting intoxicated.
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This whole charade is about damage limitation for the defendants it seems.So far, I’m not finding any one of the accused entirely credible under questioning.
They were apparently too stoned, too distracted, too stressed, or too busy discussing Monopoly to notice a catastrophic car chase and almighty crash.
And as for their phones, malfunctioning to ghost dial, batteries running out, couldn’t be heard on speaker over the music…
Added to which, half of them supposedly didn’t know the rest and were just along for something to do, not noticing the other cars parked up.
Oh and none of them wore balaclavas (altho hoods up and Covid masks on in the car, windows up though).
JMO
I wonder if the prosecution will try and wind her up by bringing up the fact she claimed to be in a relationship with Raees and he denied it...This whole charade is about damage limitation for the defendants it seems.
They know they will be found guitly to some degree. Take Natasha Akhtar who is on the stand. She said in a phone call from prison that she knows she will get a few years and that will be for assisting a murderer (offender).
If she did say the truth, that any form of harm was intended, it strengthen the prosecution case and she would have the other 7 defence barristers turning on her and saying she was directly involved.
We will get nothing from shrewd Nat.
IMO
@RusselSprout
Thanks for all the updates. I wonder if Natasha goes against the narrative.
I guessing not though.
Mabe.. but im thinking she will know that Raees said that in an attempt to distance her from the allegations.I wonder if the prosecution will try and wind her up by bringing up the fact she claimed to be in a relationship with Raees and he denied it...