R v Coutts (Graham James)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date21 January 2005
Neutral Citation[2005] EWCA Crim 52
Date21 January 2005
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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6 cases
  • Romeo Cannonier Appellant v DPP Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Kitts & Nevis
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
    • 21 March 2012
    ...the duty of the trial judge to consider whether to direct the jury on alternative verdicts even when the defence have not raised the matter: Couttscase. 45 4. The question is whether a fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that there was a real possi......
  • Romeo Cannonier Appellant v DPP Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Kitts & Nevis
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
    • 21 March 2012
    ...the duty of the trial judge to consider whether to direct the jury on alternative verdicts even when the defence have not raised the matter: Couttscase. 45 4. The question is whether a fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that there was a real possi......
  • R v Coutts (Graham James)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 July 2006
    ...of Cornhill Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Lord Hutton Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Mance HOUSE OF LORDS SESSION 2005-06 on appeal from [2005] EWCA Crim 52 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE Edward Fitzgerald QC Paul Taylor (Instructed by Fisher Meredith) Respondents: ......
  • PP v Mas Swan bin Adnan
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 14 May 2012
    ...... Case No 36099 of 2003 (refd) R v Cambridge [1994] 1 WLR 971 (folld) R v Coutts [2006] 1 WLR 2154 (refd) R v Eagleton (1855) Dears 376; 169 ER 766 (refd) R v ... Mohamed Muzammil bin Mohamed (Muzammil & Company) and Gloria James (Civetta & Co) for the appellant in CCA 8/2011. . Judgment reserved. . Chan ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Consent and the ‘Rough Sex’ Defence in Rape, Murder, Manslaughter and Gross Negligence
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 84-4, August 2020
    • 1 August 2020
    ...21.71. [2019] HCJAC 93 [25].72. [2004] Scot (D) 17/2, see ¼28ab87a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7> accessed 2 June 2020.73. R v Coutts [2005] EWCA Crim 52.302 The Journal of Criminal Law partner. He pleaded that at the deceased’s instigation they had engaged in consensual erotic asphyxialsex ......
  • Criminalising the Possession of Extreme Pornography: Sword or Shield?
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 75-5, October 2011
    • 1 October 2011
    ...adults, from inadvertently coming into * Reader in Law, Brunel Law School; e-mail: Susan.Easton@brunel.ac.uk.1 See R v Coutts [2005] EWCA Crim 52. Coutts’ initial conviction was quashed an appeal to the House of Lords, but following a retrial in July 2007, Coutts wasconvicted and jailed for......
  • Law, Morality and Disgust: The Regulation of ‘Extreme Pornography’ in England and Wales
    • United Kingdom
    • Social & Legal Studies No. 19-2, June 2010
    • 1 June 2010
    ...his fantasies for such activities by one of his regular visits to sites on his computerdealing with such activities’ (R v Coutts [2005] EWCA Crim 52). The idea that con-sumption of pornography had ‘fuelled’ Coutts’ sexual desire and ensuing murderous actswas a potent argument subsequently p......

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