R v Callum Paul Wilcocks

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLady Justice Hallett DBE,Mr Justice William Davis,Mr Justice Lavender
Judgment Date03 November 2016
Neutral Citation[2016] EWCA Crim 2043
Docket NumberNo: 201600029 B2; 201600032 B2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date03 November 2016

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2 cases
  • Bartosz Rejmanski v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 December 2017
    ...compared to someone not suffering from depression”, was excluded from their consideration by section 54(3). 20 In R v Wilcocks [2016] EWCA Crim 2043, [2017] 1 CrAppR 23, the Court considered the case of an Appellant with a personality disorder which affected his ability to form a rational ......
  • R v Aaj
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 1 January 2021
2 books & journal articles
  • Psychiatric evidence in Diminished Responsibility
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 82-6, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...Proposals for reform of the law (Ministry of Justice, 2008) para49.78. The Law Commission, above n. 53 para 5.114.79. RvWilcocks [2016] EWCA Crim 2043.Hallett context’.80This is shown by the difficulties arising from alcohol intoxication and drug-induced psy-chosis and demonstrates that eve......
  • Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 82-2, April 2018
    • 1 April 2018
    ...LJ therefore concluded that the trial judge allowed the jury totake all of R’s circumstances into account and did not follow Wilcocks ([2017] 4 W.L.R. 39) in directingthe jury to ignore the PTSD insofar as it bore on his general capacity. Hallett LJ noted that R was ‘giventhe benefit of the......

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